Liberating Minds by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann
Many college-in-prison graduates achieve success and the positive effects for their families and communities are dramatic. College-in-prison programs greatly reduce recidivism, leading to savings in the cost of prisons. They increase employment, allowing the formerly incarcerated to support families and reintegrate into communities. College programs decrease violence within prisons, improving conditions for officers and inmates. Liberating Minds makes the case for these benefits and also tells the stories of formerly incarcerated students and the remarkable transformations in their lives.
Praise for Liberating Minds:
"Lagemann’s evocative book makes a convincing 'case for college in prison,' to quote its title, carefully documenting the great many benefits that its graduates receive from BPI”
The New York Review of Books
"A valuable arsenal of information for policymakers seeking prison reform in the present political climate."
Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Ellen Lagemann’s An Elusive Science:
"Candid and incisive a stark yet enlightening look at American education."
Library Journal
"Lagemann’s evocative book makes a convincing 'case for college in prison,' to quote its title, carefully documenting the great many benefits that its graduates receive from BPI”
The New York Review of Books
"A valuable arsenal of information for policymakers seeking prison reform in the present political climate."
Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Ellen Lagemann’s An Elusive Science:
"Candid and incisive a stark yet enlightening look at American education."
Library Journal
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann is the Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College, where she is also the Distinguished Fellow in the Bard Prison Initiative. Formerly she served as president of the Spencer Foundation and as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She lives in Ghent, New York.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781620970591 |
| ISBN 10 | 1620970597 |
| Title | Liberating Minds |
| Author | Ellen Condliffe Lagemann |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 2017-03-16 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |