What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education?
One graduate, featured in a new PBS documentary, shares the ups and downs of earning a degree behind bars.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/12/what-happens-when-incarcerated-people-get-a-world-class-education/
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I have had this silly idea for some time where some inmates are given an educational challenge instead of a time sentence.

sarahs mum said:

What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education?
One graduate, featured in a new PBS documentary, shares the ups and downs of earning a degree behind bars.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/12/what-happens-when-incarcerated-people-get-a-world-class-education/
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I have had this silly idea for some time where some inmates are given an educational challenge instead of a time sentence.

How would that work, Sarah’s Mum?

I don’t see how it would stop them from performing atrocities. Turn them into white collar criminals perhaps?

mollwollfumble said:

sarahs mum said:

What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education?
One graduate, featured in a new PBS documentary, shares the ups and downs of earning a degree behind bars.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/12/what-happens-when-incarcerated-people-get-a-world-class-education/
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I have had this silly idea for some time where some inmates are given an educational challenge instead of a time sentence.

How would that work, Sarah’s Mum?

I don’t see how it would stop them from performing atrocities. Turn them into white collar criminals perhaps?

dépends on the reason they end up in there