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Can you provide support for your statement that most, if not all, inmates have access to education? What type of education? How is this funded? How is it provided? Is it comparable in quality to that offered outside prison? Is it recognized by accrediting agencies, if college level education? Are the individuals providing this education qualified to do so? What real vocational training that is applicable to outside employment is available to most prison inmates? I don't mean working in the prison kitchen and CALLING that job training. I mean true training that can be used to help that inmate find a job once they are on the outside. How about career counseling skills for those who are interested? Perhaps some skills in refining speech and body language in a way that will gain acceptance in the fields in which the person is training to work? How about assistance in finding useful employment once back on the streets, as opposed to standing in a day labor line somewhere. Any widespread programs of this type? I don't mean single city / single prison programs.
I suspect that you'll find that most prisons have a literacy program but that few prisoners have access to higher education, or for many, a more useful course in vocational training.
I'd like hard data here, not opinions.
Can you provide support for your statement that most, if not all, inmates have access to education? What type of education? How is this funded? How is it provided? Is it comparable in quality to that offered outside prison? Is it recognized by accrediting agencies, if college level education? Are the individuals providing this education qualified to do so? What real vocational training that is applicable to outside employment is available to most prison inmates? I don't mean working in the prison kitchen and CALLING that job training. I mean true training that can be used to help that inmate find a job once they are on the outside. How about career counseling skills for those who are interested? Perhaps some skills in refining speech and body language in a way that will gain acceptance in the fields in which the person is training to work? How about assistance in finding useful employment once back on the streets, as opposed to standing in a day labor line somewhere. Any widespread programs of this type? I don't mean single city / single prison programs.
I suspect that you'll find that most prisons have a literacy program but that few prisoners have access to higher education, or for many, a more useful course in vocational training.
I'd like hard data here, not opinions.
