The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has awarded funding for more rehabilitation programs, reports Nuala Sawyer of the San Francisco Examiner. The department has allocated $14.5 million to boost innovative programs and increase volunteerism in prisons. Now in its third funding cycle, the Innovative Grants Program will establish 43 programs at 20 adult institutions. The […]
Read MoreBy Thomas Gardner CoreCivic is boasting higher than expected success rates in its educational programs, The Eloy Enterprise reports. At La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy (CCA operated private prison facility), “as of late August, 94 inmates had received their GED in 2016 through the programs offered. In addition, 557 inmates have also received vocational […]
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By Rahsaan Thomas There’s a teacher who walks around a prison classroom engaging students and encouraging them in a way they say most teachers in the public school system din’t. Behind San Quentin educator D. Searle is a testament — copies of more than two dozen High School Equivalent diplomas earned since late 2015 by […]
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By Kevin D. Sawyer In prison, education is all about public safety. Shannon Swain, Deputy Superintendent for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) Office of Correctional Education (OCE) understands this well. “If someone’s going to do time, then they should learn something to better their community,” said Swain. “If someone learns a skill […]
Read MoreBy N.T. Butler A campaign is underway to curb truancy in California, termed a crisis that frequently leads to dropouts, crime and prison. “We take this matter very seriously,” Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a March news conference to endorse a series of bills in the Legislature to combat truancy. She said more than […]
Read MoreBy Thomas Gardner California needs to continue reducing prison overcrowding and focus more attention on education and communities, according to a recent university symposium. The University of California Merced’s Center for the Humanities sponsored the event, titled “30 Years of Mass Incarceration.” “We don’t want to save money, we want to spend it on education […]
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By Juan Haines The 2014 graduating class at San Quentin State Prison included more than a dozen inmates receiving associate degrees in social and behavioral science, humanities, American studies, business and liberal arts. In addition, Robert Tyler earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration. “It’s so important, the support we receive from family and […]
Read MoreBy Willie Williams Williams is the Opinion Editor for the Green & Gold newspaper at Fremont High School in Oakland, Calif. Keeping a prisoner in the Santa Rita Jail is worth more to society than keeping a student in Fremont High School in Oakland. That’s right. California spends $46,000 per prisoner incarcerated in state prisons […]
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By Charles David Henry The Robert E. Burton Adult Education Center at San Quentin has installed a new interactive state-of-the-art electronic learning devices in six classrooms. SMART Technologies’ SMART Board, a multi-facet communication device, operates with a desktop/laptop computer, an overhead projector and a white board. The system will profile images from the computer to […]
Read MoreBy Ted Swain After being released from prison, educated inmates do not come back, according to the Rand Corporation. “We no longer need to debate whether correctional education works,” said Lois Davis, a Rand researcher. However, “we do need more research to tease out which parts of these programs work best.” The report gives data […]
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