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REPORT AFFIRMS BENEFITS OF IN-PRISON COLLEGE PROGRAMS, CALLS FOR RENEWED FUNDING

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NEW CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION REPORT AFFIRMS BENEFITS OF IN-PRISON COLLEGE PROGRAMS, CALLS FOR RENEWED FUNDING http://www.correctionalassociation.org/publications/download/ppp/Higher_Education_Full_Report_2009.pdf Inmates that participate in post-secondary education programs have a lower recidivism rate than incarcerated comparison groups, several studies show. New York, New York: The Correctional Association of New York, the state?s oldest criminal justice organization, released today, Education from the Inside, Out, a report examining the multiple benefits of in-prison college programs. In addition to conversations with formerly incarcerated people and program practitioners, the paper includes a survey of statistically-based studies supporting the significance of post-secondary correctional education in reducing recidivism and improving prison management...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 30, 2009 (boomark / email).