Higher education of prisoners
by Rachel Toia
1. Education
1.1. What programmes are currently already being offered?
2. Benefits
2.1. Employment
2.1.1. How likely are they to be employed after jail, both with or without tertiary education?
2.1.1.1. Stigma
2.1.1.2. Lack of skills
2.1.1.3. Benefits for employing ex-convicts?
2.2. How much less likely will they be to re-commit crimes if educated?
2.3. Gives them something productive to do in jail
2.3.1. Benefits over having a job while incarcerated?
2.4. Higher skills upon release
2.4.1. Give the prisoners more opportunities
2.4.2. Less likely to be
3. Funding
3.1. How much funding are they already receiving?
3.2. How would the government raise further funds?
3.2.1. Should the prisoners pay for their degrees instead?
3.2.1.1. Social conditions
3.2.1.1.1. Poor
3.2.1.1.2. Rich
3.3. Current costs of imprisonment per inmate
4. Disadvantages
4.1. Should we be spending the money on convicted criminals?
4.1.1. 'Luxury' expense