Criminal
May 27, 2000
Prison Education Program Fails Due to Poor Teaching
Forum: By Pablo Agrio California, like many other states in this country, subscribes to the philosophy that the purpose of incarceration is punishment - plain and simple. In their wisdom, however, the policy-makers decided that part of punishment is mandatory education. On the surface, this doesn't look or sound too bad - until you take a close look at what is really meant by "education."




By Pablo Agrio
California, like many other states in this country, subscribes to the philosophy that the purpose of incarceration is punishment - plain and simple. In their wisdom, however, the policy-makers decided that part of punishment is mandatory education....
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