Higher Education of Prisoners

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Higher Education of Prisoners by Mind Map: Higher Education of Prisoners

1. Pros

1.1. Gives prisoners something productive to focus on whilst incarcerated.

1.2. Opportunity to better themselves and follow a career path that might've seemed too out of reach in their previous lifestyle.

1.3. Assist prisoners not to re-offend if they have something positive to look forward to after release.

2. Support

2.1. Do we have bridging programs in place to assist with gaining employment after released from prison.

2.2. Have incentives been offered to employers that are open to take on ex-prisoners into their businesses.

3. Research

3.1. Are there any statistics proving that prisoners with access to higher education will in fact find employment easier than if they didn't have this training whilst incarcerated?

3.2. Amount of prisoners that re-offend and are sent back to jail - education would be wasted.

4. Funding

4.1. How much funding will be allocated to offering education to these prisoners.

5. Cons

5.1. Is it a waste of funding if the prisoner is sent back to jail.

5.2. Should prisoners be given access to this "luxury" if they've committed a crime.

6. Eligibility

6.1. Do the prisoners have to be sentenced for a certain time frame to be eligible to complete a degree

6.2. Is this only offered to prisoners that are in low security arrangements

6.3. What kind of courses are they eligible to complete? eg; Childcare/Teaching etc.