04-10-2014, 05:08 PM
sanantone Wrote:I'm assuming the inmates would have been attending through correspondence; that's why it's cheaper to educate them. It's not like New York isn't already spending millions (maybe billions) subsidizing the educations of New York residents. $1 million for a prison program wouldn't even make a dent in the tuition rates for New York residents. This is where one would do a cost-benefit analysis. How much money can New York save taxpayers by educating and training inmates for jobs and having them be less likely to recidivate because of this? The savings could go to other things such as subsidizing in-state tuition.
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.
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Completed:
FEMA: 20 credit hours, B&M: 33 credit hours, AARTS: 14 credit hours, certifications
ALEKS: Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra
CLEP: Analyzing & Interpret. Literature CLEP - 66, English Composition Modular CLEP - 58, American Government CLEP - 58, Social Sciences & History CLEP - 63
DSST: Intro to Computing DSST - 452
Straighterline: Business Ethics (88%), Criminal Justice (94%), World Religions (93%), Cultural Anthropology (92%), Intro to Sociology (94%)
TECEP: CIS 107, ENGL 102, PSY 270, BIO 208