Excerpts from recent Texas editorials
Washington Examiner Tuesday 29th March, 2011
Austin American-Statesman. March 25, 2011 Shut down Texas prison tuition program Texans, in general, are good-hearted and well-intentioned, sometimes to a fault. It seems like we've reached that point with a program unknown, surprisingly, to a couple of key lawmakers aimed at helping convicts earn college credit. What a great idea, and thousands of inmates have taken advantage of it. In doing so, unfortunately, many of them also have taken advantage of us. So far, the state has spent $26.9 million on the program, which is based on the proven notion that recidivism rates can be lowered if inmates leave prison with more education than they had when they arrived. The cost of the program was to have been borne by the inmates in it. After being released from prison, they are supposed to re...
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