Does providing inmates with education improve postrelease outcomes? A meta-analysis of correctional education programs in the United States

Bozick, Robert; Steele, Jennifer; Davis, Lois M.; Turner, Susan

doi:10.1007/s11292-018-9334-6

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“…Substantial evidence reveals that educational opportunities during incarceration can minimise some of the difficulties incarcerated women encounter after they are released. Such opportunities can reduce recidivism and, in the long term, they can improve gender equality (Bozick et al 2018;Correctional Association of New York 2009;Davis et al 2014;Muñoz 2009). Women want to engage in learning, not only for the purpose of obtaining a degree, but for planning their futures and those of their family (Halimi et al 2017).…”

Section: Program Development Community Partnerships and Trauma-informentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Female Prisoners’ Access to Education

Ryder¹

2020

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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The rate of female incarceration continues to surge, resulting in over 714,000 women currently being held behind bars worldwide. Females generally enter carceral facilities with low educational profiles, and educational programming inside is rarely a high priority. Access to education is a proven contributor to women’s social and economic empowerment and can minimise some of the obstacles they encounter after being released from custody. Support for the intellectual potential of incarcerated female ‘students’ can address intersecting inequalities that impede access to social protection, public services and sustainable infrastructure. Policymakers, academics and activists concerned with gender equality must begin by focusing on academic and vocational program development for female prisoners, built through strong community partnerships, and inclusive of trauma informed supports.

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Section: Program Development Community Partnerships and Trauma-informentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Female Prisoners’ Access to Education

Ryder¹

2020

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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“…This translates to a 49-percent reduction in the odds ratio for PSE, indicating that individuals who participate in higher education programs while incarcerated are roughly half as likely to recidivate as those who do not participate in any type of correctional education program. An update of the meta-analysis to include more-recent studies (through 2017) found that these results still hold (Bozick et al, 2018). Davis et al's (2013) analysis also showed that these programs are cost-effective.…”

Section: Higher Education In Us Prisonsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of North Carolina's Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Program

Davis¹,

Tolbert²

2019

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“…In the most comprehensive meta-analysis to date, Bozick and colleagues identified only 11 primary studies of prison education program impacts on recidivism over a 37- year time period that they classified as highly rigorous. 61 Nonetheless, their final analyses, which include a broad group of studies with different levels of rigor and educational programming (including secondary education and non-credit bearing coursework), point to positive associations across the board. They estimate that students who participate in a prison education program are 28 to 32 percent less likely to recidivate when compared with their counterparts who did not participate in education programs.…”

Section: Program Impacts On Educational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To the extent that education programs promote students' knowledge base, problem-solving strategies, and cognitive, moral, and social development -all hypothesized mechanisms by which education programs reduce recidivism, 64 postsecondary education in prison holds significant promise for bettering the educational outcomes of students more broadly. Participating in credit-bearing postsecondary education programs in specific may produce particularly beneficial educational, social, and employment outcomes out of prison compared with other types of educational programs.…”

Section: Program Impacts On Educational Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%