Post Prison Education Program - Teaching ExConvicts

2008 Fox News story about Washington State's Post Prison Education Program - a non profit organization that provides education assistance for recently released inmates of correctional institutions.

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• Ari Kohn
• washington state
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• reentry
• re-entry

[christopherjoneswa]

People need to see this!!!

[owlman4444]

Regards: Post Prison Education Program

If only people could understand that a person needs to have hope in order to care about himself and others. Without hope why should anyone care about their fellow man when he does not care himself!!! There needs to be a change in the way we think about these issue's this is one way to start making a change in the system.

please become involved.

thank you

Jonathan Levesque

[rehabcounsel]

There's no bigger bang for your buck than to support an effort such as this Post Prison Education Progam's Pro-Active efforts to enhance the quality of life in the societies in which we all are forced to live and abide. God Bless! Let\s talk live about this and other such programs across this great nation every Saturday at 8:00pm Pacific Time by calling 1-661-449-9333 or tune in at

.blogtalkradio-dot-com/the_bla­ck_plight-in-america Won't you do your part by telling a friend or two!

[christopherjoneswa]

@kate10T This was summer of 2008.

[mwells219]

one only needs to look at the statistics of prison recidivism shows that the prison industrial complex isn't the answer to america's problems.

[kate10T]

does anyone knows whEn exactly was this news on TV? like date and day? PLEASE!!! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!

[christopherjoneswa]

yeah, "tough on crime"... how many times in real, everyday life do "tough" and "smart" mean the same thing?

so much crime is committed to fuel drug addiction, I know, and it has been my experience that people who don't use drugs commit a lot less crime.

this program works, it works in tandem with other "smart" practices best.

[lisafitzhugh]

"tough on crime" is far from our innate moral standard. Only empathy, not punishment, has the power to transform us. This program is truly the most appropriate response to treating our fellow humans. It's time has and will continue to come as the old ideas fade away, slowly but surely.

[makalipokane]

I agree completely and instead of building more prisons or trying to invent new programs within the state Dept. of Corrections, why not support and fund a proven program that already exists and has been up and running successfully for several years? In addition, the Post Prison Ed.Program, a non-profit non-governmental organization, is probably statistically more successful in stemming recidivism than the entire state Dept of Corrections with all its programs and resources.

[whbsjl]

A good program

[mayskim4him]

I can attest to the fact that funding the Post-Prison Education Program (PPEP) is the answer to public safety, and a down right smart investment. This Program provides real hope and opportunity for former prisoners, their children, and their families. Higher education gave me the hope and the opportunity I needed to believe in myself, to better my circumstances, and to live a productive, meaningful and law-abiding life. Formerly incarcerated over 50 times, I am now a MPA graduate student.

[TBoutz]

Fourteen of 15 studies during the 1990's concluded that post-secondary academic education, either pre- or post-release, reduces the chances of a prisoner coming back by 50%. I have taught at the WA. St. Pen. for 34 years and know absolutely that programs like this could save the state millions of dollars in incarceration costs. We need more people like Sen. Kline who are driven by a desire to do the right thing rather than their fear of not being re-elected. This is a program that makes sense.