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Education linked to better employment prospects upon release from prison

  • Written by Ben Stickle, Professor of Criminal Justice Administration, Middle Tennessee State University

Better job prospects. Higher wages. A greater chance of staying out of jail. Those are the key outcomes that we discovered for incarcerated people who get an education while serving their time.

Our findings were published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice. They are based on an analysis of research studies on the effects of prison...

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