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UC Irvine pilots bachelor's program for incarcerated people
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
recruiting and retaining adult learners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-6458
pISSN - 2155-644X
DOI - 10.1002/nsr.30727
Subject(s) - prison , bachelor , economic justice , point (geometry) , state (computer science) , criminology , political science , psychology , law , computer science , mathematics , geometry , algorithm
It's a common misconception that when a person goes to prison, they will be unlikely to rejoin society. In fact, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 95% of all those in state prisons will be released at some point. And a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice found that prisoners who participated in educational opportunities while in prison were 40% less likely to return to prison once released.