Prison education programs reduce inmate prison return rate, study shows

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 16:30 in Mathematics & Economics

According to the Pew Research Center, one in one hundred American adults is currently in prison. U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that 67 percent of those inmates will recidivate, or re-offend and return to prison after they are released. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found that educating inmates and preparing them to find jobs upon their release from prison greatly reduces their recidivism rate.

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