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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.
In the United States, community colleges provide the majority of post-secondary education (PSE) programs in prison (68 percent), followed by public four-year institutions (16 percent) and private, nonprofit, four-year institutions (10 percent) (Erisman and Contardo, 2005).
Prison education programs. Studies on education programs in prison settings have been conducted for years. However, they evaluate different programs (e.g., college courses vs. vocational training), measure different impacts (cost savings vs. recidivism), and occur across different states.
prison-based education programming has looked at its impact on the following outcomes: prison mis-conduct, postprison employment, recidivism, and return on investment (ROI). A correctional program can produce a positive ROI by generating benefits (the return) that exceed the costs (the investment) to operate the program. An intervention that low-
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).
An international open-access journal, it has a research and practitioner section featuring papers written by academics, practitioners and students in prison. In 2019, the Journal of Higher Education in Prison was launched, with its first issue scheduled for publication in 2020.
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.
