Providing college to prison inmates
College for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional education partnership between the Department of Correction and the Community College System. Participants call this 20-year-old arrangement a "win-win" and believe that inmate participation in such progra…
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- Full title :Providing college to prison inmates / Jeanne Bayer Contardo.
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College for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional education partnership between the Department of Correction and the Community College System. Participants call this 20-year-old arrangement a "win-win" and believe that inmate participation in such programs decreases inmate idleness, improves behavior while incarcerated, and helps former prisoners find e
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):LFB Scholarly Pub
- Place of Publication:El Paso
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
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- Description:1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781593325626, 1593325622
- oclc:ocn732955787
- LC Classification:HV8883.3.U5
- Dewey Decimal:378/.1982692709745
Table of Contents
The challenge of educating prison inmates in the United States -- The prison education context -- Research strategy -- Expanding college access for inmates -- North Carolina's strategy to educate inmates -- Using theory to understand correctional education -- Conclusions, implications, and recommendations.
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