According to the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, inmates who participate in a correctional program experience a 43 percent lower rate of recidivism than inmates who do not.
Inmates who participated in vocational training were 28 percent more likely to be employed after release than those who did not receive such training.
Each $1 investment in prison education translates into reduced incarceration costs by four to five dollars throughout the first three years after release.
Employment after release was 13 percent higher among prisoners who participated in either academic or vocational education programs than among those who did not.
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