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| Christie Commits to Inmate Education, Rehabilitation |
| By correctionalnews.com |
| Published: 05/15/2014 |
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TRENTON, N.J. — At a recent press conference, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie applauded the expansion of the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons program (NJ-STEP). The privately funded program offers New Jersey inmates the opportunity to complete free college courses and credits, and will expand to serve 2,000 inmates by 2018. This move is the latest in a series made by the state to improve services for inmates and reduce recidivism. The NJ-STEP program currently offers courses to 500 inmates at 13 state facilities. These inmates can participate in nearly 180 college-level courses conducted by professors and instructors from eight New Jersey colleges and universities including Princeton and Rutgers. The New Jersey Department of Corrections, the State Parole Board also are partners in the program, which is based at Rutgers. "Every one of us has failings," Christie said at the May 8 announcement. "Every one of us makes mistakes. Every one of us has fallen down at some point. The difference is: How do we get up? And when we do, is there someone to give us a hand to help us? And will they not judge us so harshly?" Read More. |
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