Angela Hanks was quoted in this article: "During times with higher unemployment, people on the margins face discrimination, Hanks said. 'A tighter labor market reduces employers’ opportunity to engage in discrimination.'”
This paper provides reflections on CLASP's October 2016 forum, Reconnecting Justice: Pathways to Effective Reentry through Correctional Education and Training, and lays out our agenda ahead.
The U.S. Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Survey of Incarcerated Adults demonstrates a clear need to invest in correctional education and training.
CLASP released a new report examining the funding and programming landscape of correctional education and training, along with the implications for continued opportunities through reentry.
America's incarceration crisis is rooted, in part, in educational inequities. Over two-thirds of state prison inmates lack a high school diploma. In this paper, CLASP examines challenges and opportunities in correctional education and training.