Sisyphus No More - The Case for Prison Education

Sisyphus No More presents compelling psychological, sociological, ethical, and financial grounds for providing more and better education and training to our incarcerated population. The arguments show that education and training programs humanize prisoners, support their reintegration into society and securing a living-wage job.

List of contents

Part One: Understanding the Situation
Chapter One: Getting our Bearings
Chapter Two: Who's in Prison?
Chapter Three: The Many Costs of Incarceration
Chapter Four: The Tolls of Reentering Society
Chapter Five: Prison Education in the United States
Part Two: Reducing Recidivism
Chapter Six: The Psychological Argument: Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Postrelease Success
Chapter Seven: The Sociological Argument: Strengthening Communities
Chapter Eight: The Ethical Argument: Many Good Consequences
Chapter Nine: The Financial Argument: The ROI of Prison Education
Chapter Ten: Today's Trailblazers in Prison Education
Chapter Eleven: Work to Be Done

About the author

By Roger C. Byrd and Harvey McCloud

Product details

• Authors: Roger C. Byrd, Roger C. Mccloud Byrd, Harvey McCloud
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538136607
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3660-7
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education, LAW / Criminal Procedure, Crime & criminology, Adult education, continuous learning, Criminal procedure