Prison Education: Project NewGate and Other College Programs

1978 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Peter C. Buffum ◽  
Marjorie J. Seashore ◽  
Steven Haberfeld ◽  
John Irwin ◽  
Keith Baker
Keyword(s):  
Prison Education ◽  
Education Project ◽  
College Programs

Prison College Programs

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
SYLVIA G. McCOLLUM
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prison Education ◽  
Tuition Assistance ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
College Programs ◽  
Inmate Education ◽  
The 1960S

Administrators who opt to provide education programs in prison are faced with the need to structure programs that span primary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. There seems to be consensus in the United States that prison education programs can properly include literacy, vocational education, and life-skill programs. However, this agreement doesn't extend to college programs. Prison college programs have a long history in the United States but their acceptability has ebbed and flowed over the years. Support of college programs in prison peaked in the 1960s and 70s, but became less popular in the 1980s and 90s. These programs depend, to a large extent, on federal tuition assistance. Amendments to federal legislation are offered almost annually, to exclude all prisoners from any college tuition assistance entitlement. These efforts have been unsuccessful, to date, but they reflect a section of public opinion which remains critical of tax supported grants to pay for prison college programs. Do inmate education programs reduce recidivism? Although some argue that it is not reasonable to correlate postrelease outcomes with any one prison program or situation, legislators and the public focus on recidivism and its correlation to specific programs. A significant body of research has developed in recent years that demonstrates a positive correlation between higher education and postrelease success. Despite this, currently, at least in the United States, college programs continue to be the most vulnerable of all prison education programs. If research data continue to show that these programs are cost effective and impact recidivism in positive ways, the situation may stabilize.

The New Mexico Peer Education Project: Filling a Critical Gap in HCV Prison Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1544-1557
Author(s):  
Karla Thornton ◽  
Miranda L. Sedillo ◽  
Summers Kalishman ◽  
Kimberly Page ◽  
Sanjeev Arora
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Prison Education ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Critical Gap

The Prison Education Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-709
Author(s):  
Renford Reese
Keyword(s):  
Prison Education ◽  
Education Project
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