Program Website:www.culjp.com/uploads/5/2/5/4/52543433/larson_mcc_latest.pdf Contact:Doran Larson,[email protected] Program Description:The Mohawk Consortium CIPP is a consortium of Herkimer County Community College (HCCC), Hamilton College, and Colgate University, operating inside Mohawk CF. Degrees/Programs Offered:Men are pursuing HCCC’s AA degree in general studies: courses include science, math, social science, humanities, and art Number of Students:Around 25 Unique Features:Hamilton and Colgate donate […]
Attica Genesee Teaching Project
Program Website: Contact:[email protected], [email protected] Program Description: The Attica-Genesee Teaching Project began delivering college-credit courses inside Attica in January 2011. Degrees Offered: Associates Programs Offered: Credit-bearing Unique Features: Headquarters: New York Correctional Facility Served: College/University Affiliation: Population Served: Year Founded: Number of Students: Graduates to Date: Founders: Funding: Program Evaluation:
Why Mass Incarceration Doesn’t Pay
By Jason Furman and Douglas Holtz-Eakin April 21, 2016 New York Times Online Washington – THE growth in the nation’s prison population has been nothing short of staggering. The United States’ incarceration rate is now more than four times the world average, with about 2.2 million people in prisons and jails. Of those, roughly 200,000 […]
Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights to Felons
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Erik Eckholm April 22,2016 NY Times Online WASHINGTON – Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted felons, circumventing the Republican-run legislature. The action effectively overturns a Civil War-era provision in the state’s Constitution aimed, he said, at […]
There Are Still 80 ‘Youth Prisons’ in the U.S. Here Are Five Things to Know About Them
By Eli Hager March 3, 2016 via The Houston Marshall Project online Over the past 15 years, the number of incarcerated juveniles in the U.S. has plummeted from about 76,000 to fewer than 36,000. Youths who were once sent away to reformatories, training schools, and other large, prison-like facilities are increasingly being offered alternatives closer […]