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Tag: Recidivism
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Widener University Adjusts Prison Education Program to Serve Students During COVID-19
Over the last year, COVID-19 has put many prison education programs on pause due to visitation limitations and lack of internet access. However, through a longstanding partnership between Widener University and Chester State Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania (SCI-Chester)—an all-male correctional facility—remote learning was modified to meet the needs of students behind bars.
April 26, 2021
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MacArthur Fellow Lisa Daugaard a Restorative Justice Advocate
Criminal justice reformer Lisa Daugaard, the executive director of the Public Defender Association (PDA), is a 2019 MacArthur “genius” Fellowship recipient. However, her path to becoming a crusading advocate for restorative justice committed to dismantling the prison-industrial complex had some twists and turns.
November 13, 2019
Opinion
Correctional Education: “America’s Balm of Gilead”
At no time post-civil rights, has there been a period that has offered a brighter glimmer of hope to the countless thousands of incarcerated offenders in America as we are experiencing today. The reemergence of correctional education opportunities through the Second Chance Pell initiative has given hope to prisoners who were not fully engaged in something as beneficial/rewarding as postsecondary education and without much hope.
November 6, 2019
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Boston College Establishes Prison Education Program
Inmates at the Massachusetts Correctional Institute (MCI) in Shirley, Massachusetts can now apply to take Boston College (BC) accredited liberal-arts courses.
November 4, 2019
News Roundup
Study: Link Between Treatment Programs and Reduced Jail, Recidivism
A five-year study by the Center for Behavioral Health and Justice at Wayne State University’s School of Social Work found that diverting individuals with mental health disorders into treatment programs rather than simply jailing them significantly reduces the jail population and reduces the chances of recidivism. The two-phase study, recently released by the state of […]
June 1, 2019
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New Research Initiative Targets Impact of Prison Education Programs
The Institute for Higher Education Policy has announced a new two-year research initiative in partnership with the University of Iowa Liberal Arts Beyond Bars program and Moreau College Initiative that will focus on higher-education prison programs and their impact on recidivism rates.
July 23, 2018
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San Francisco State Expanding College Access for Formerly Incarcerated
San Francisco State University is now replicating Project Rebound, which has helped hundreds of formerly incarcerated individuals enroll in college and supported them until graduation.
March 7, 2017
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Education Department Providing Second Chance to Prisoners
The U.S. Department of Education announced a new development in its efforts to combat recidivism and reform the criminal justice system.
June 23, 2016
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