Education In Prison Persuasive Essay

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Amir Yartubashev
Argument / Persuasive essay
ENG 100A, Academic Writing, ESL (Professor A.Miller)
10/01/2015
Should prison education be provided to inmates or not?
Why should we care about education in prison? In today’s world people become more egocentric, so that no one’s longer care or even attempt to think about others problems and how to fix them. As a society, we have to begin to focus on the bigger picture, why so many people get behind bars in United States. All human beings should have an opportunity of better life even after committing mistakes before. Education is the key to success. By providing prisoners with opportunity to get education, our society will benefit everyone. Prison education should be provided to inmates for three significant reasons: reduces crime recidivism, gives job perspectives and helps prisoners to rehabilitate and commit themselves to a law-abiding life outside the prison.
How many of us care about the safety of ourselves, our children and community we live in? Spending money on people who committed serious crimes might not feel as the greatest idea at first, but as the researches show, it would most likely benefit in the future. RAND’s Corporation research proves that …show more content…

As long as government keeps people busy with something productive in life, there'll be an understanding that a life of a crime is not the right path. Starting an education programs in prisons won’t hit U.S budget since it’s so tiny compared to other national spending’s. As Education Secretary Arne Duncan stated: “investing in these education programs helps released prisoners get back on their feet and stay on their feet when they return to communities across the country.” Government of this country together with citizens should start supporting the idea of prison education to help inmates get back on their feet and stay on their feet, because education is the key to

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