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The Path to Successful Reentry: the Relationship Between Correctional Education, Employment and Recidivism

The ability of education acquired in prison to increase post-incarceration employment rates and lower recidivism rates is examined. Sections of this article include: abstract; introduction; the impact of correctional education in Missouri; education and employment; education and recidivism; employment and recidivism; the pathway to lower recidivism rates; and conclusion. Results “show that inmates who increase their education in prison are more likely to find a full-time job after prison, and those with a job are less likely to return to prison” (p. 1).

Click here to link to the article in the National Institute of Corrections library.