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Education for Liberation - The Politics of Promise and Reform Inside and Beyond America's Prisons (Paperback)
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Education for Liberation - The Politics of Promise and Reform Inside and Beyond America's Prisons (Paperback)
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Almost 650,000 men and women, approximately the size of the city of
Memphis, TN, return home from prison every year. Oftentimes with
some pocket change and a bus ticket, they reenter society and
struggle to find work, housing, a supportive social network.
Economic barriers, the stigma of a felony conviction, and mental
health and addiction challenges make reentry a bleak picture,
leading some to return to a life of crime. A Department of Justice
study of 404,638 inmates in 30 states released in 2005, for
example, identified that 68 percent were rearrested within 3 years
and 77 percent within 5 years of release. Education and workforce
readiness programs must be central components in better preparing
individuals to successfully reenter society - and stay out of
prison. This book compiles chapters written by individuals on the
right and the left of the political spectrum, and within and
outside the fields of prison education and reentry that address
this need for reform. Chapters feature the voices of prominent
national figures pushing for reform, current and former students
who have benefitted from an education program while in prison,
those teaching or managing educational programs within prison, and
researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy influencers.
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