Educating Prisoners Reduces Recidivism
Gov Cuomo brought forth an initiative that gives incarcerated persons access to tuition free education. Mark Grisanti is mad about it saying that we should focus on tuition aid first. Sen. Grisanti is a criminal defense lawyer and recidivism (going back to jail) is good for business, Geoff Kelly of Artvoice said that we may as well call it (for Grisanti The New York State Lawyer Unemployment Act) That was an apt way to put it. However, considering that it takes $60K to house an incarcerated person and only 5K to educate them it is a good deal not only for the state but for our communities. Incarcerated people after being released must get jobs in the same neighborhoods and situation that they got into trouble in and forgetting the other half of college students being crushed under student loans, let’s just figure out this: It brings tax money to localities, the state and federal governments, the return on investment is very high in the fact that they get a check that goes to pers...