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200 10$aProviding college to prison inmates$b[electronic resource] /$fJeanne Bayer Contardo
210   $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2010
215   $a1 online resource (220 p.)
225 1 $aCriminal justice : recent scholarship
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-59332-407-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Chapter 1: The Challenge of Educating Prison Inmates in theUnited States; Chapter 2: The Prison Education Context; Chapter 3: Research Strategy; Chapter 4: Expanding College Access for Inmates; Chapter 5: North Carolina's Strategy to Educate Inmates; Chapter 6: Using Theory to Understand CorrectionalEducation; Chapter 7: Conclusions, Implications, andRecommendations; Appendices; References; Index
330   $aCollege for inmates represents a particularly cost-effective strategy that, while not always politically popular, can prevent states from wasting substantial tax revenue on the cycle of catch and release called recidivism. Contardo examines North Carolina's pragmatic postsecondary correctional education partnership between the Department of Correction and the Community College System. Participants call this 20-year-old arrangement a "win-win" and believe that inmate participation in such programs decreases inmate idleness, improves behavior while incarcerated, and helps former prisoners find e
410  0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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