Providing college to prison inmates / Jeanne Bayer Contardo.
College for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2010.
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| Series: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Summary: | College for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional education partnership between the Department of Correction and the Community College System. Participants call this 20-year-old arrangement a "win-win" and believe that inmate participation in such programs decreases inmate idleness, improves behavior while incarcerated, and helps former prisoners find e. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 208 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593325626 1593325622 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |