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6 gru 2021 · Reformers’ belief that education and dialogue benefited incarcerated people and society at large set an important precedent for future higher education behind bars. The first bonafide college-in-prison programs arose in the early 20th century.
This study’s primary objective was to elucidate nonuniformed prison staff members’ and administrators’ perspectives on how well prison administrative approaches and modes of delivery for education and psychosocial programming reflect evidence-based practices and indicators of success.
11 lis 2023 · The program marks a next step in the decades-long effort nationally and in California to restore higher education opportunities in prisons, after a 1994 federal crime bill cut Pell Grant funding for incarcerated people and decimated college options for those behind bars.
28 sie 2019 · This Perspective summarizes what is known about the effectiveness of educational programs for incarcerated adults, focusing on college programs and the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative, and lays out a roadmap of where to go from here.
1 sty 2019 · We will explore the following topics relevant to the school-to-prison nexus: K-12 school discipline (e.g., suspension and expulsion), alternative schools, and prison higher education...
Data for the 2020-2021 Landscape Report are drawn from responses to the 2022 Annual Survey of Higher Education in Prison Programs (n = 172), which were compiled with known program information from the National Directory of Higher Education in Prison Programs (n = 234).
Unfortunately, although almost 27 percent of prisons offer higher education programs, less than 10 percent of state prison populations participate in them (United States Department of Justice, 2003). Given the significant increase in the prison population nationally, correctional education programs can be seen as
