Facts and Figures

U.S. Prison Demographics

Prisoner Education Levels

Post-Secondary Education

Re-entry and Recidivism

Selected Bibliography

Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population Richard J. Coley and Paul E. Barton, Educational Testing Service (2006)

Learning to Reduce Recidivism: A 50-state Analysis of Postsecondary Correctional Education Policy Wendy Erisman and Jeanne Bayer Contardo, The Institute for Higher Education Policy (November 2005)

Disentangling the Effects of Correctional Education: Are Current Policies Misguided? Mary Ellen Batiuk, et al., Criminal Justice, 5(1), 55-74 (2005)

Correctional Education: Assessing The Status Of Prison Programs And Information Needs Steven Klein, et al., U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (2004)

Education & Incarceration Bruce Western, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg, Justice Policy Institute (2003)

Education and Correctional Populations Caroline Wolf Harlow, U.S. Department of Justice, Buearu of Justice Statistics (January 2003)

Changing Minds: The Impact of College in a Maximum Security Prison Michelle Fine, et al.,
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York and Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (2001)

Selected Links

Government

Department of Corrections (NY)
Bureau of Prisons (Federal)

Prison Education Programs

Bard Prison Initiative (NY)
Bedford Hills College Program (NY)

Prison University Project (CA)

Research

Vera Institute
Demos
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Other Service Providers

Exodus Prison Ministry
Osborne Association
Fortune Society