College for Criminals

[soliloquy]

I don't think this will do anything to help recidvism rates at all. Have you ever worked with convicted criminals trying to get them a job that paid more than minimum wage? It doesn't matter what education, training or skills these guys have, no one wants the liability of hiring an (ex?)offender.

The decision to deny an inmate college level schooling, I hope, will not be based on speculation as to whether they will be viable in the job market when they get out of prison. It would be difficult enough I would think to be an ex-convict looking for a job - but to spend a decade or more in prison only to also be dismissed with absolutely no educational opportunities is counter-intuitive to the notion that they are supposed to be rehabilitated rather than punished.