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Prison crowding: Saving tax dollars and creating a path to redemption

by Emily Mooney, Nila Bala
Nov 6, 2019
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issues: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Prison Reform, Reentry
originally published in AL
From AL:

Writing in The American Interest, Emily Mooney reports that a 2018 RAND study showed that educational programs offered in prisons were associated with reducing re-offending rates by as much as 32%. Mooney also points to a 2013 RAND study which showed that every dollar spent on education programs behind bars saved taxpayers up to five dollars in lower recidivism rates.

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