Failed Hopes of Education: Revisiting the Relevancy of Education as a Method of Diminishing Recidivism

David H. McElreath, Daniel Adrian Doss, Carl Jensen, Stephen Mallory, Michael Wigginton, Terry Lyons, Lorri C. Williamson and Leisa S. McElreath
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David H. McElreath: University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA
Daniel Adrian Doss: University of West Alabama, Livingston, USA
Carl Jensen: The Citadel, Charleston, USA
Stephen Mallory: University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA
Michael Wigginton: University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA
Terry Lyons: University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA
Lorri C. Williamson: University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA
Leisa S. McElreath: University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA

International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET), 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 15-30

Abstract: This article describes how, generally, the majority of inmates will recidivate again within five years of being released from incarceration. Recidivism represents cyclical criminality that affects all American communities. Despite substantial expenditures toward the warehousing of inmates within the corrections system, less emphasis is directed toward leveraging vocational and career educational programs as resources through which recidivism rates may be reduced societally. However, in 2015, the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program was announced as an experimental program whereby prisoners may access Pell funding for educational purposes. Given the advent of this experimental program, this article reviews some historical literature and recommends future directions regarding education among corrections settings.

Date: 2018
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