Sisyphus no more: the case for prison education

Prisoners released from our bloated American correctional institutions return to a mostly unwelcoming society where they face onerous post-release challenges. No wonder recidivism is near 50 percent, adding tens of billions of dollars annually to the cost of American prisons. Sisyphus No More is a m...

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Main Author: Byrd, Roger C. (Author)
Contributors: McCloud, Harvey
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Prisoners > Education > United States
Recidivism > United States > Prevention
Prisonniers - Éducation - États-Unis
Prisoners - Education
Recidivism - Prevention
United States
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781538136614
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Summary:Prisoners released from our bloated American correctional institutions return to a mostly unwelcoming society where they face onerous post-release challenges. No wonder recidivism is near 50 percent, adding tens of billions of dollars annually to the cost of American prisons. Sisyphus No More is a multifaceted argument for increasing prisoner education and training programs to promote the reintegration into society of returning prisoners and increase the likelihood of their securing living-wage jobs. By greatly reducing recidivism, the programs will pay for themselves several times over. Such programs also humanize the treatment of prisoners and help them escape the fate of Sisyphus, the mythological king condemned to a bitterly repetitive fate. This book has two parts. The first provides background on the American prison system and enumerates the tolls incarceration takes on prisoners, their families, and their communities and the costs released prisoners continue to pay that severely hinder their reintegration. In the second part, the authors set forth compelling psychological, sociological, ethical, and financial grounds for increasing education and training to support the reintegration of released prisoners. The final two chapters report on innovative prison education programs and identify steps toward making education and training a priority in our prisons. -- back cover
Physical Description:xiii, 169 Seiten, 23 cm
ISBN:9781538136607