The Importance Of Prison Education

3. INMATES EDUCATION FROM ECONOMY PERSPECTIVES

3.1 How Prison Education Can Save Taxpayers Money It’s been a controversial issue on the criminal justice field whether or not educational programs should be offered to inmates in jail. According to experts, education is a key to successful reentry into society that most recidivism are lacking. Considering the importance of education for inmates, on the Februay 16, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, announced his plan to create a state-funded college education programs for inmates. This program is estimated to cost only $5.000 per inmate each year and with the offer of bachelor’s degrees at 10 state prisons. However, many are opposed with this Cuomo’s plan. While Cuomo believed that

In other words, it’s a return of $1.66 for every taxpayer dollar invested annd $3.53 for every dollar invested in inmates who completed their degrees. This research lead to one statement, which is Education for inmates helps the states to save a lot of money. As the Prison Education Programs are likely to reduce the recidivism rate to the tune of 43 percent, this lead to less money is being spent on housing prisoners which cost around $60.000 per

The prison population includes many individuals have been poorly served by society. They have, in many cases, suffered the consequences of broken families, inadequate schools, racial discrimination, and physical or sexual abuse. For these men and women, the opportunity to obtain a college education while incarcerated may be the first glimmer of hope that they can escape the cycles of poverty and violence that have dominated their lives. To offer this hope makes educational program for inmates more than a means of saving taxpayer dollars, although it will surely do that as well. It becomes a second chance that, if successful, can work to better both the formerly incarcerated person and the society in which he or she