My colleagues and friends know that I am passionate about educational programs in prisons. My experiences teaching in a prison and research showing how education reduces recidivism have convinced me that we need to reevaluate how we view incarceration, rehabilitation, and justice.
Governor Cuomo’s support for college education in NY prisons has garnered a good bit of media attention and has sparked a national debate about whether it is ethical and fiscally responsible to fund educational programs in prisons. I’m glad to see this issue covered by national media outlets, and I hope that NY can be a model for the rest of the country. Here is a piece by NPR and one by Inside Higher Ed on the debate.
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