Prison Education Programs
Federal Prisoners in Canada Have Limited Access to Libraries Due To Funding Cuts
By Christopher Zoukis A number of federal prisons in Canada are cutting library hours and library staff, limiting access to books, making it harder to improve literary skills to prepare for reintegration to society. Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers told CBC News, “Access to books is really important, and what we are seeing is an erosion…
Read MoreLegislators Support TV over Education in New York State Prisons
By Christopher Zoukis While combating idleness and restlessness in America’s prisons is certainly necessary to avoid disruptions and violence, how this is accomplished is up for debate. Lawmakers in New York State said no to a proposal this month, during the last legislative session, made by Governor Andrew Cuomo that would allocate $1 million a…
Read MoreCollege for Convicts: New Study Proposes $60BN Annual Budget Cut – By Providing Higher Education in Nation’s Prisons
The study, conducted by legal commentator Christopher Zoukis, concludes that offering post-secondary and academic education to prisoners can cut $60 billion from the national budget every year – without scrapping existing programs. Zoukis has compiled his research and findings into College for Convicts: The Case for Higher Education in American Prisons, a game-changing new…
Read MoreWhy Prison Reform Is Good For All Of US
By Dianne Frazee-Walker According to educator and author, David Chura, advocating for prison reform does not mean “soft on crime.” What it does mean is people who can see the truth are tired of watching the prison system working against crime and safety. When Chura and other prison reform advocates propose approaches to lower the…
Read MoreCorrectional Education: Effectiveness
Call for Information on Correspondence Educational Programs
PrisonEducation.com, Prison Law Blog’s sister website, is in the process of updating a text which profiles various correspondence education programs that prisoners can enroll in. The text — “Education Behind Bars,” which I authored — has been substantially revised and will be published in a different form in 2014 by Middle Street Publishing, the nonprofit…
Read MoreEducation in the Federal Bureau of Prisons
All federal prisons have some form of educational programming for the inmates housed at their institution. Typically, the prison’s Education Department is where educational programming is centered. This could be a stand-alone building, a wing of a larger building, or a special room that is used for educational purposes. Regardless of the department’s structure, educational…
Read MoreWhat Happened To Prison Education Programs?
Analysis: Marlene Martin THE 1960s were turbulent years; social change was in the air. Jim Crow segregation was dismantled, and the civil rights movement brought questions of racial and social justice into every household–and also into every prison. As people sought to change society on the outside, so did prisoners on the inside. The Attica…
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