College Prison Program Presents Degrees To 1st-Ever Class Of Inmates — They Aced It!

Good for them! This was the subject of my senior thesis for college. Education is the single greatest controllable predictor of recidivism. Age and sex have a greater impact, but those are not something we can change. Education, we can. And the more educated an ex-con is the less likely they are to recidivate. Good on these cons for doing something - and good on the prison for facilitating.

Better than being on a chain gang.

Lots of time with fewer distractions helps them achieve such a great goal!