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| Corrections Education proves to be smart investment |
| By union-bulletin.com - Joe Small |
| Published: 12/09/2013 |
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For the past 13 years I have worked in Corrections Education programs through Walla Walla Community College. WWCC contracts with the Department of Corrections to provide inmate education at the Washington State Penitentiary and Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. #Currently, 3,200 students take college coursework in 11 different programs at the Washington State Penitentiary or Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. #Washington state’s investment in corrections education translates into savings for taxpayers. The majority of educated and trained offenders successfully find jobs and don’t return to prison. The recidivism rate for former offenders in Washington state is 34 percent. The rate of recidivism for those who complete one year of postsecondary academic or vocational education drops to 15.6 percent. #The rate is 10 percent for those who complete two years of academic or vocational postsecondary education. #A 2006 study of over 200 offenders from the Washington State Penitentiary who completed Walla Walla Community College degrees or certificates between 1985 and 1997, found only 11 percent had reoffended. The same group was resampled in 2012 and only 12 percent had reoffended. #The Washington Institute for State and Public Policy has completed two recent studies showing for each dollar spent on corrections education, taxpayers save between $13 and $19 on reduced recidivism rates from this better educated population. This was one of the highest rates of return for programs studied by the WISPP. Read More. |
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