THE PROCESS TOWARDS SUCCESS FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS

THE PROCESS TOWARDS SUCCESS FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.

MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA. The united states holds 25 percent of the world's prisons and 5 percent of the world's population. Since 1980 to 2013 the number of people in the U.S. prisons rose from five hundred thousand to more than 2 million. The US has the largest Total prison population in the world..

Annual Admissions to U.S. prisons and jails rose from 171,884 in 1980 to a peak of 747,031 in 2006. The percentage of individuals committing a new crime, after being released from prison, has been increasing.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PRISONS AND HOW MANY ARE LOCKED UP?.

Psychological changes. IS PRISON MORE HARMFUL THAN HELPFUL?.

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Not many federal prisons in the United States offer higher education, or education at all..

REQUIREMENTS FOR COLLEGE COURSES IN PRISON. Prep learning and tests Apply for college Interviews Testing.

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Decreases the chances of recidivism. THE POWER OF EDUCATION.

YOUR DONATION COUNTS!. Education programs cost about $1400- $1744 for each incarcerated individual each year. Saves prisons between $8700 and $9700 for each incarcerated individual. Funding prison education programs reduces incarceration costs and has a lower chance of the individual being reincarcerated back into the prison..

RESOURCES. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/education-opportunities-prison-key-reducing-crime/ https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/hip/prison-education-loses-funding/ https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/08/22/report-prison-education-programs-could-save-money https://joinnia.com/psychological-effects-of-long-term-incarceration/ https://prosperitynow.org/blog/out-prison-shackled-debt https:// www.firststepalliance.org /post/reducing-recidivism.