It hurts me to see such cynisme. Education is key to lower recidive, and a great way to help those who didn't have the chance to be born with the support they needed to grow free of trouble.

I'm glad those things move forward. If not for the prisoners, for the people they'll be responsible for down the line.

"The study found that parents' educational levels when the child was 8 years old predicted the child's educational and occupational success at age 48. The more educated the parent was when the child was 8 years old, the higher educational aspirations and attainment the child had at age 19"

https://militaryfamilies.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/...

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/education-opportuni...

“ The students in Ohio prisons have reviewed nearly 30,000 unique articles over the past year, with 10% in the last month. Access there will be expanded to the prison general libraries. The students at Tennessee Higher Education Initiative regularly access 2,400 unique articles in a month—the highest per capita use in the country for incarcerated learners”