The study examined six in-prison college programs in New York State and across the United States.  It also cited statistical evidence from several highly regarded studies corroborates which have found that the in-prison college programs significantly reduce redicivism for participants compared with those inmates who do not participate. A 2004 study, Post-Secondary Correctional Education and Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis of Research Conducted 1990-1999, for example, found that “inmates who participated in PSCE recidivated 22 percent of the time and those not participating in PSCE had a recidivism rate of 41percent.”

The Correctional Assocation recommends that New York State take the following actions:

Restore and expand public funding for college programs in prison by 1) enacting TAP Legislation that effectively lifts the ban on inmate eligibility for New York’s Tuition Assistance Program grants and other public assistance grants for higher education.; and, 2) expanding the use of “Youth Offender” grants in New York State correctional facilities.

Require New York’s Board of Parole to consider steady participation in college programs as a qualifying indicator for parole release.

Increase resources to programs that provide access to higher educationopportunities for formerly incarcerated people as a means of supporting successfulre-entry and community well-being.           

Copies of the report are available from the Correctional Association website. 

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