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How Youth Can Help During Incarceration and Reentry
September 7, 2023
Prison education can have life changing benefits. Unfortunately, there are high rates of recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals. A 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that of about 404,638 formerly incarcerated people in 34 states, 67.8% were rearrested three years post release and 76.6% were rearrested within five years. Yet, according to a study...
Returning Citizens and Access to the Tech Industry
July 31, 2023
Prison education can have life changing benefits. Unfortunately, there are high rates of recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals. A 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that of about 404,638 formerly incarcerated people in 34 states, 67.8% were rearrested three years post release and 76.6% were rearrested within five years. Yet, according to a study...
What Does the “STEM” in STEM-OPS Really Mean?
July 11, 2023
Prison education can have life changing benefits. Unfortunately, there are high rates of recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals. A 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that of about 404,638 formerly incarcerated people in 34 states, 67.8% were rearrested three years post release and 76.6% were rearrested within five years. Yet, according to a study...
My "Second Chance" Was Actually My First
May 2, 2023
Prison education can have life changing benefits. Unfortunately, there are high rates of recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals. A 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that of about 404,638 formerly incarcerated people in 34 states, 67.8% were rearrested three years post release and 76.6% were rearrested within five years. Yet, according to a study...
Benefits of Education for People Who Are Justice Impacted
March 13, 2023
Prison education can have life changing benefits. Unfortunately, there are high rates of recidivism among formerly incarcerated individuals. A 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that of about 404,638 formerly incarcerated people in 34 states, 67.8% were rearrested three years post release and 76.6% were rearrested within five years. Yet, according to a study...
Youth Advocacy for Justice-Impacted Persons
December 14, 2022
As a freshman in high school, I knew very little about the carceral system or its deleterious impact on all who experience it. One cold winter day, I attended a Zoom presentation my sister hosted at her university, where she interviewed a formerly incarcerated woman about her experiences behind bars. Hearing this woman’s chilling story...
