College in Prison

Education From the Inside Out: A Plea for Prison Education

Baz Dreisinger | Posted 01.31.2012

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Baz Dreisinger

If we care about equitable prisoner re-entry and about reducing America's absurdly high recidivism rate, we should care about prison education. The value of higher education behind bars transcends dollars and cents.

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Wesleyan Offers College Education To High-Security Prisoners

Posted 05.25.2011

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With shrinking endowments and funding cutbacks, most colleges would be wary of launching new initiatives. But two months ago, the New York Times repor...

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