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Thesis: Educational programs inside prisons aimed at
rehabilitating prisoners should be considered as an alternative
to the current punitive justice system.
- Educational programs aimed at promoting social values
help prisoners develop social skills
- Providing workshops promoting
- civilized behavior
- responsible conduct
- Active involvement in courses that promote
- self-esteem
- empathy
- solidarity
- Education provides prisoners with life skills necessary
for reintegration into society
- College-educated prisoners have a better rate of employment
- Recidivism (committing crime repeatedly) drops considerably
- Education of prisoners has a positive impact on their
children
- Education programs save money
- $2,500 per year to educate an inmate compared to $25,000
to incarcerate
- $1.71 in reduced crime costs for every dollar spent
on education
- Working ex-offenders pay taxes
Conclusion: Educational programs offer prisoners
the help they need to develop the skills necessary to become
productive members of society.
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