The only people who never get a break are...
>The new rules, which overturn a 1994 ban on Pell Grants for prisoners, begin to address decades of policy during the “tough on crime” 1970s-2000 that brought about mass incarceration and stark racial disparities in the nation’s 1.9 million prison population.
Oh
>If a prisoner paroles with a degree, never reoffends, gets a job earning a good salary and pays taxes, then the expansion of prison education shouldn’t be a hard sell, said David Zuckerman, the project’s interim director. “I would say that return on investment is better than anything I’ve ever invested in,” Zuckerman said.
Of course...
>That doesn’t mean it’s always popular. Using taxpayer money to give college aid to people who’ve broken the law can be controversial.
REALLY?
>The 1990s saw imprisonment rates for Black and Hispanic Americans triple between 1970 and 2000. The rate doubled for white Americans in the same time span.
Hm. https://pic8.co/sh/6p0OHV.png
>The students in the Folsom Prison classes come from many different backgrounds. They are Black, white, Hispanic, young, middle aged and senior. Massey, who got his communications degree, is of South Asian heritage.
That's cute... I'm not a capitalization maniac but if you're going to capitalize black and hispanic why would you leave white uncapitalized then?
bull fucking shit
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