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Prison News > Free college courses for prisoners makes good financial and social sense, says UB Law School expert on prison life - Education helps inmates envision a life beyond prison and reduces recidivism

Free college courses for prisoners makes good financial and social sense, says UB Law School expert on prison life - Education helps inmates envision a life beyond prison and reduces recidivism

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal to grant college degrees to prisoners behind bars is a good bet to break the cycle of a broken system with out-of-control costs and far- too-many repeat offenders, says Teresa A. Miller, a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School. [read the full story here]

US Fed News, Monday, March 3, 2014
Tags: Issues in Treatment, Education, and Rehabilitation, New York
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