Feb 12 2013: I like the thought of changing how the educational system would need to work. I was originally thinking more "online" style where reading could be done alone in a cell thought I can see how classes and structure would be important.
As far as activities, this could be saved for the senior year after all classroom work was completed.
Feb 12 2013: A total of 9,900 incarcerated students earned certificates in 2009-10, while 2,200 earned associate degrees, and 400 earned bachelor's degrees, the survey found.
I would like to find statistics on repeat offensives from both college graduates and GED/Diploma graduates. I'll have to dig around more to find the data.
The United States has over 2 million inmates in prison. 10,000 graduates is .5% of all inmates.
Feb 10 2013: Very interesting. Unfortunately I'm still just as broke now as I was when I did the search. No results for me or family members.
What would the legalities be for a recovery business to help people get these funds? I understand it may be questionable but if someone came to me saying I had unclaimed funds that I didn't know about I would be happy to give them a percentage to help out. After all I didn't know about it anyways so it's not costing me anything. Seems like an internet sleuth could make a lot of money and help folks at the same time.
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As far as activities, this could be saved for the senior year after all classroom work was completed.
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http://chronicle.com/article/Inmates-Access-to-College/127375/
I would like to find statistics on repeat offensives from both college graduates and GED/Diploma graduates. I'll have to dig around more to find the data.
The United States has over 2 million inmates in prison. 10,000 graduates is .5% of all inmates.
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What would the legalities be for a recovery business to help people get these funds? I understand it may be questionable but if someone came to me saying I had unclaimed funds that I didn't know about I would be happy to give them a percentage to help out. After all I didn't know about it anyways so it's not costing me anything. Seems like an internet sleuth could make a lot of money and help folks at the same time.