Source 1: Garman, John. "Higher Education for Prisoners Will Lower Rates for Taxpayers." Jan. 17, 2002 3. 6 Dec 2008 .
The article I found on findarticles.com was written by Dr. John Garman. Dr. Garman is the president of Vista Community College in Berkeley, California and a regular contributor to San Francisco Weekly and Clackmans Literary Review. Garman writes a wide variety of articles from book reviews to current world issues. The article is mainly about the positive affects of treating prisoners, and is mainly centered towards allowing prisoners to be educated while serving their time.
Source 2: Davis , Aaron . "Schwarzenegger budget slashes education, releases prisoners." Associated Press January 10, 2008 1. 6 Dec 2008 .mjjjj
This article was written Aaron C. Davis, a frequent writer for the Associated Press and the Washington Post. This article is about how California has to cut down on prisoner education and other forms of education because of a money shortage throughout the state.
Source 3: Frolander-Ulf, Monica. "Teaching in Prison." (2001) 1. 8 Dec 2008 http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0307H-0-2372&artno=0000138786&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=prisoner%20education&title=Teaching%20in%20Prison&res=Y&ren=N&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=Y.
This article was found on Sirs.com, an online database of articles. This article specifically came from the Monthly Review Press, and is about teaching prisoners to read, write, and giving them basic education. The article presents many strong opinions about the affects on prisoners' lives if they were to recieve basic eduacation while in prison.
Source 4: Granoff , Gillian . "Prison College Programs Unlock the Keys to Human Potential." (2005) 1. 8 Dec 2008 http://www.educationupdate.com/archives/2005/May/html/FEAT-BehindBars.html.
This article centered around prisoners recieving college degrees while in prison. Boston University, Harvard, Gerogtown, Bard College, and Wesleyan University are the 6 colleges that offer outstanding education programs for prisoners. Each college grants prisoners with degrees if they complete courses provided for them.
Source 5: Vacca , James . "Educated Prisoners are Less Likely to Return to Prison." December 2004 7. 8 Dec 2008 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4111/is_200412/ai_n9466371.
"Educated Prisoners are Less Likely to Return to Prison" is an article written about the positive affects of educating prisoners. The idea of cost for the education is also presented, with rough estimates of the costs to provide free education to all prisoners.
Source 6: McCann, Sarah. "Program helps Arizona prisoners get ready for real life ." (2008) 1. 8 Dec 2008 http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/31/program-helps-arizona-prisoners-get-ready-for-real-life/.
This article is about prisons in Arizona that offer special programs to prisoners. The programs offer education and work to get prisoners ready for life after prison. The programs are designed to help inmates get jobs after prison and keep them from commiting more crimes.
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