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| Educational program expanding for Arizona inmates |
| By .trivalleycentral.com |
| Published: 01/15/2013 |
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TUCSON (AP) — The Arizona Department of Corrections is offering recently released inmates classes on such things as substance abuse, developing job skills and following a budget. The state’s prison population growth rate has stabilized, so authorities have been able to dedicate additional funding to reduce recidivism. Sommers Jewelry - 300x250 - Section Sponsor - Casa Grande Dispatch Nearly 18 percent of Arizona’s 40,000 inmates are enrolled in some sort of an educational program, spending three hours a day in a classroom setting. The department’s educational budget for fiscal year 2013 is $18 million. It covers the tuition, fees, books, equipment and teacher salaries for the 1,500 inmates who are currently in a mandatory class that aims to ensure they have at least an eighth-grade education, the 2,900 who are working toward getting their general equivalency diploma and the 2,000 who are learning a trade. It doesn’t pay for the 650 other inmates who are taking correspondence classes. They pay their own way, whether it’s with help from family members or through scholarships. Read More. |
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