Teaching in America's prisons has taught me to believe in second chances
- Written by Andrea Cantora, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Baltimore
Prison education programs have been shown to lead to better employment rates for those who have served time.Elaine Thompson/APIn 2007, I gave someone a second chance. I was in Danbury Federal Correctional Institution recruiting women for a new program for people returning from prison that I was running in New York City.
A woman approached me and...
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