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WI: Univ. of WI-Federal Prison to end 4 year college program

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

UW-Baraboo, prison end relationship By Matthew Ryno / News Republic December 24, 2008-- Baraboo, WI Working toward a four-year university degree while behind bars will no longer be an option at a nearby federal prison, due to a push to make it easier for more ex-convicts to secure employment upon their release. Inmates will finish their lessons with long-time University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County instructors, and by June, a new educational provider will teach an anticipated 50 to 100 inmates how to push mops and buckets. After about 35 years of working together, officials at the Federal Corrections Institute at Oxford specifically requested instruction in job fields not offered at UW-Baraboo, like custodial services and computer work...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 24, 2008 (boomark / email).