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This Is How Much the U.S. Spends on Imprisoning vs. Educating People in One Startling GIF

Jan 29, 2015 No Comments

By Zeeshan Aleem / Policy.Mic Hardly a day goes by without a member of the media or policy world pronouncing that America’s education system is in dire straits. There are constant laments over how poorly the U.S. fares by international standards, its failure to produce literate students, and its unsightly levels of racial segregation. There’s a massive

Interview With Kyle

Jan 27, 2015 No Comments

By Dianne Frazee-Walker 25-year-old Kyle has lived in Salida, Colorado most of life. He has also been involved with the court system for almost half of his life. His first brush with the law occurred at age 14 for just being a kid. Riding a dirt bike was the gateway to his path of being

Work Programs Bridging Prisons To the Community

Jan 21, 2015 No Comments

Finding a job and somewhere to live are probably the two most critical factors determining whether a released offender will do well or end up back in prison. In the United States, up to 90% of those who are sent back to prison are unemployed. In the U.K., the one-year recidivism rate for released offenders

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Prisoners Fighting Fires

Jan 6, 2015 No Comments

By Dianne Frazee-Walker The California prison system is stepping up to the plate by fighting fire with fire. Yes, that’s right — they are saving taxpayers money and providing low-level offenders with valuable skills and purpose by putting them to work fighting wildfires. Another side benefit of this ingenious project is California’s prisons are emptying

Why Is Sweden Closing Its Prisons?

Dec 26, 2014 No Comments

By Dianne Frazee-Walker Sweden is doing something to lower the recidivism rate and forcing prisons to close because they are taking a different approach to crime and punishment. Globally, we need to pay close attention to what Sweden is doing. The sentences are not as long in Sweden, which makes prison authorities realize the work

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Graduation Day for Auburn Prison Inmates

Dec 22, 2014 No Comments

By Keri Blakinger On Wednesday, Dec. 10, a group of 13 students looking much like any other group of graduates walked across the stage to accept their diplomas as the Class of 2014. Unlike most college graduates, though, this group was entirely comprised of prisoners, inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility, the state’s oldest prison. The

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Cornell Prison Education Program Gives Auburn Inmates New Hope

Dec 19, 2014 No Comments

By Lauren Mazzo and Emily Hull / Just Ithaca For many modern-day high school students, graduating with a college-level degree is simply the next logical step in life; but for the 15 students of Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) who will graduate on Dec. 10, it means a better chance at a jail-free future. CPEP is

How Education Can Break the Prison Cycle

Dec 12, 2014 No Comments

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Gov. Deal Touts New Prison Education Initiatives

Dec 10, 2014 No Comments

By Kelsey Cochran One credit shy of receiving a high school diploma, an inmate at Arrendale State Prison for women will soon be the first Georgia Department of Corrections inmate to graduate while incarcerated as part of a collaboration between the GDC and the Mountain Education Center Charter School. Graduation was made possible by new

Georgia Pushes To Help Prisoners Complete Education

Nov 26, 2014 No Comments

By John Lorinc State officials have launched a new program that helps people behind bars get back behind the school desk. The Georgia Department of Corrections has joined forces with Mountain Education Charter School. The goal is to get state prisoners a high school diploma or GED. “We believe that we can create better opportunities

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This Is How Much the U.S. Spends on Imprisoning vs. Educating People in One Startling GIF

Interview With Kyle

Work Programs Bridging Prisons To the Community

Prisoners Fighting Fires

Why Is Sweden Closing Its Prisons?

Graduation Day for Auburn Prison Inmates

Cornell Prison Education Program Gives Auburn Inmates New Hope

How Education Can Break the Prison Cycle

Gov. Deal Touts New Prison Education Initiatives

Georgia Pushes To Help Prisoners Complete Education

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