| 来源类型 | Article |
| 规范类型 | 评论 |
| Give prisoners a second chance | |
| Gerard Robinson; Elizabeth English Smith | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-10-18 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Editor’s note: The next president is in for a rough welcome to the Oval Office given the list of immediate crises and slow-burning policy challenges, both foreign and domestic. What should Washington do? Why should the average American care? We’ve set out to clearly define US strategic interests and provide actionable policy solutions to help the new administration build a 2017 agenda that strengthens American leadership abroad while bolstering prosperity at home. What to Do: Policy Recommendations for 2017 is an ongoing project from AEI. Click here for access to the complete series, which addresses a wide range of issues from rebuilding America’s military to higher education reform to helping people find work. JESSUP, Maryland – On Oct. 12, 29 prisoners and 45 Baltimore-area experts in criminal justice congregated in the Jessup Correctional Institution library. Most were members of the University of Baltimore community or other academics. All were eager to see the inauguration of a Department of Education pilot program that could change the lives of participants for years to come. In June 2016, the university was chosen among 67 colleges and universities nationwide to participate in the Obama administration’s $30 million Second Chance Pell Grant Experimental Sites Initiative. Under the program, approximately 12,000 of America’s 2.2 million incarcerated will receive federal aid to pursue a higher education. Upon release, they will retain the Pell funding to finish their program. Since the university’s Second Chance College Program began at Jessup this fall, its students have been working toward a bachelor’s degree in community studies and civic engagement with a minor in entrepreneurship. To be eligible, prisoners had to have been enrolled in Jessup’s preexisting Scholars Program, which offers noncredit liberal arts courses; had a high school diploma or GED; and submitted two letters of recommendation and one personal essay. Preference was given to those with a parole eligibility date within five years of the program’s start. Program directors sent letters to 150 men at Jessup with information on how to apply. Over 100 of those men submitted an application, and 29 are enrolled in the program today. For its students, the program represents what the name indicates – a second chance. “The program … gave me the opportunity to pursue a goal I’ve always had,” one student remarked. “It’s allowed me to see that there are people out there who believe in me who have never met me.” |
| 主题 | Education ; K-12 Schooling |
| 标签 | Criminal Justice Reform ; education ; Higher education ; what to do policy recommendations on criminal justice reform |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/articles/give-prisoners-a-second-chance/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/261305 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gerard Robinson,Elizabeth English Smith. Give prisoners a second chance. 2016. |
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