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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"prison programs"”.
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An exploratory study of agreements between institutions of higher education and correctional institutions
… and community college personnel assigned as prison program coordinators for college/correctional institution programs. Those were the total number of instructional managers responsible for postsecondary programs in medium and maximum security correctional institutions in the Commonwealth …
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Incarcerated writers search for narrative connections beyond prison walls in hope of writing a more humane and just world
Considerable research has shown that education programs in prison help to reduce recidivism rates by helping individuals develop skills they can use to secure jobs upon reentry to society. While recidivism rates provide one quantitative measure of the benefits of such programs to society as a …
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Against social death: rhetorical resilience at the intersection of higher education and the prison
… at the Intersection of Higher Education and the Prison” is a qualitative study of the experiences of formerly incarcerated people who participated in college programming in prison or upon their release. Throughout, I argue that incarcerated people engage in everyday rhetorical practice in their …
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An Exploration of the College-Educated Female Incarceration Experience
… rate. During 2006, the number of women in prison increased by approximately 4.5 %. The increase of female prisoners from 2005 to 2006 was larger than the average growth rate of 2.9% from 2000 through 2005. Women ages 35 to 39 made up the largest percentage of female prisoners. At the end of …
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Using the Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities to Compare Female and Male Inmate Characteristics.
… examine the differences between female and male prison inmates using the Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 1997. Variables examined included current offense, criminal history, drug use history, victimization history, program participation in the institution, …