Maryland is boosting efforts to focus on crime prevention and rehabilitation programs for offenders to reduce recidivism and reliance on the prison-industrial complex.
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Prison Education Transforms Lives, Reduces Recidivism
Prison education and rehabilitation programs can provide practical skills, career and vocational skills, and critical thinking skills. They can help with mental and behavioral issues, and provide access to higher education courses; some achieve diplomas and degrees while incarcerated. These programs are vital to improving lives, especially since many prisoners come from poverty, do not have high school diplomas, and lack outside support networks.
Read More »Governor Cuomo’s Cost-Saving Prescription for Safer Streets: Prisoner Education
Providing college-level education to inmates has been shown to dramatically reduce recidivism and the cost to taxpayers of incarceration.
Read More »How ‘Attica University’ Could Reap Rewards for New Yorkers
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has sparked controversy after proposing to fund a college program for state prisoners that has demonstrated success at reducing recidivism.
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