To Scrap or Not To Scrap: Inmate Education Programs

To Scrap or Not To Scrap: Inmate Education Programs

By Matthew Mangino / Macon Chronicle-Herald

In February, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new statewide initiative to give prison inmates the opportunity to earn a college degree through funding college classes in prisons across the state.

In a press release, the governor’s office revealed that New York currently spends $60,000 per year to incarcerate each inmate and approximately $3.6 billion each year in total prison costs. New York’s current recidivism rate is about 40 percent. With a paltry investment of $5,000 per inmate to provide one year of college education, New York could cut into the recidivism rate and reduce costs.

Read more: http://www.maconch.com/article/20140509/News/140508913#ixzz31bBaCYOh

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