Prison Education Guide

Prison Education Guide
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ISBN-10 : 0981938531
ISBN-13 : 9780981938530
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Prison Education Guide by : Human Rights Defense Center

A Guide to Distance Learning Education Programs for Prisoners.

The Rhetoric of Resistance to Prison Education

The Rhetoric of Resistance to Prison Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 79
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ISBN-10 : 9781000538502
ISBN-13 : 1000538508
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rhetoric of Resistance to Prison Education by : Adam Key

This book explores the discourse and rhetoric that resists and opposes postsecondary prison education. Positioning prison college programs as the best method to truly reduce recidivism, the book shows how the public – and by extension politicians – remain largely opposed to public funding for these programs, and how prisoners face internal resistance from their fellow inmates when pursuing higher education. Utilizing methods including critical rhetorical history, media analysis, and autoethnography, the author explores and critiques the discourses which inhibit prison education. Cultural discourses, echoed through media portrayal of prisoners, produce criminals as both subhuman and always-already a threat to the public. This book highlights the history of rhetorical opposition to prison education; closely analyzes how convictism, prejudicial and discriminatory bias against prisoners, blocks education access and feeds the prison-industrial-complex an ever-recycled supply of free prison labor; and discusses the implications of prison education for understanding and contesting cultural discourses of criminality. This book will be an important reference for scholars, graduate students, and upper-level undergraduates in the fields of Rhetoric, Criminal justice, and Sociology, as well as Media and Communication studies more generally, Politics, and Education studies.

Classics and Prison Education in the US

Classics and Prison Education in the US
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9781000394436
ISBN-13 : 1000394433
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Classics and Prison Education in the US by : Emilio Capettini

This volume focuses on teaching Classics in carceral contexts in the US and offers an overview of the range of incarcerated adults, their circumstances, and the ways in which they are approaching and reinterpreting Greek and Roman texts. Classics and Prison Education in the US examines how different incarcerated adults – male, female, or gender non-conforming; young or old; serving long sentences or about to be released – are reading and discussing Classical texts, and what this may entail. Moreover, it provides a sophisticated examination of the best pedagogical practices for teaching in a prison setting and for preparing returning citizens, as well as a considered discussion of the possible dangers of engaging in such teaching – whether because of the potential complicity with the carceral state, or because of the historical position of Classics in elitist education. This edited volume will be a resource for those interested in Classics pedagogy, as well as the role that Classics can play in different areas of society and education, and the impact it can have.

College for Convicts

College for Convicts
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780786495337
ISBN-13 : 0786495332
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis College for Convicts by : Christopher Zoukis

The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world's population, yet incarcerates about 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Examining a wealth of studies by researchers and correctional professionals, and the experience of educators, this book shows recidivism rates drop in direct correlation with the amount of education prisoners receive, and the rate drops dramatically with each additional level of education attained. Presenting a workable solution to America's mass incarceration and recidivism problems, this book demonstrates that great fiscal benefits arise when modest sums are spent educating prisoners. Educating prisoners brings a reduction in crime and social disruption, reduced domestic spending and a rise in quality of life. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education
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Publisher : Rand Corporation
Total Pages : 110
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ISBN-10 : 9780833081322
ISBN-13 : 0833081322
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education by : Lois M. Davis

After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their odds of obtaining employment after release from prison.

Sisyphus No More

Sisyphus No More
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 187
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ISBN-10 : 9781538136614
ISBN-13 : 1538136619
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Sisyphus No More by : Roger C. Byrd

Prisoners released from our bloated American correctional institutions return to a mostly unwelcoming society where they face onerous post-release challenges. No wonder recidivism is near fifty percent, adding tens of billions of dollars annually to the cost of American prisons. Sisyphus No More is a multifaceted argument for increasing prisoner education and training programs to promote the reintegration into society of returning prisoners and increase the likelihood of their securing living-wage jobs. By greatly reducing recidivism, the programs will pay for themselves several times over. Such programs also humanize the treatment of prisoners and help them escape the fate of Sisyphus, the mythological king condemned to a bitterly repetitive fate. The book has two parts. The first provides background on the American prison system and enumerates the tolls incarceration takes on prisoners, their families, and their communities and the costs released prisoners continue to pay that severely hinder their reintegration. In the second part, the authors set forth compelling psychological, sociological, ethical, and financial grounds for increasing education and training to support the reintegration of released prisoners. The final two chapters report on innovative prison education programs and identify steps toward making education and training a priority in our prisons.

Higher Education in Prison

Higher Education in Prison
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Publisher : Greenwood
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015032591797
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Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis Higher Education in Prison by : Miriam Williford

A collection of essays, with special section on The Federal Pell Grant Program & grants for prisoners.

Liberating Minds

Liberating Minds
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Publisher : New Press, The
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781620971239
ISBN-13 : 1620971232
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Liberating Minds by : Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

An authoritative and thought-provoking argument for offering free college in prisons—from the former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Anthony Cardenales was a stickup artist in the Bronx before spending seventeen years in prison. Today he is a senior manager at a recycling plant in Westchester, New York. He attributes his ability to turn his life around to the college degree he earned in prison. Many college-in-prison graduates achieve similar success and the positive ripple effects for their families and communities, and for the country as a whole, are dramatic. College-in-prison programs have been shown to greatly reduce recidivism. They increase post-prison employment, allowing the formerly incarcerated to better support their families and to reintegrate successfully into their communities. College programs also decrease violence within prisons, improving conditions for both correction officers and the incarcerated. Liberating Minds eloquently makes the case for these benefits and also illustrates them through the stories of formerly incarcerated college students. As the country confronts its legacy of over-incarceration, college-in-prison provides a corrective on the path back to a more democratic and humane society. “Lagemann includes intensive research, but her most powerful supporting evidence comes from the anecdotes of former prisoners who have become published poets, social workers, and nonprofit leaders.”—Publishers Weekly

College for Convicts

College for Convicts
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781476617992
ISBN-13 : 1476617996
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis College for Convicts by : Christopher Zoukis

The United States accounts for 5 percent of the world's population, yet incarcerates about 25 percent of the world's prisoners. Examining a wealth of studies by researchers and correctional professionals, and the experience of educators, this book shows recidivism rates drop in direct correlation with the amount of education prisoners receive, and the rate drops dramatically with each additional level of education attained. Presenting a workable solution to America's mass incarceration and recidivism problems, this book demonstrates that great fiscal benefits arise when modest sums are spent educating prisoners. Educating prisoners brings a reduction in crime and social disruption, reduced domestic spending and a rise in quality of life. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs

Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs
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Publisher : IGI Global
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 9781522529101
ISBN-13 : 1522529101
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs by : Biao, Idowu

The discipline of adult education has been vastly discussed and optimized over the years. Despite this, certain niches in this area, such as correctional education, remain under-researched and under-developed. Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs is a pivotal reference source that encompasses a range of research perspectives on the education of inmates in correctional facilities. Highlighting a range of international discussions on topics such as rehabilitation programs, vocational training, and curriculum development, this book is ideally designed for educators, professionals, academics, students, and practitioners interested in emerging developments within prison education programs.