Post by overthecap on Feb 16, 2014 15:02:02 GMT -5
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces degree programs for NY prisoners
Published: February 16, 2014 2:29 PM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (Credit: AP / Mike Groll)
Andrew Cuomo is proposing to provide college classes in New York prisons, saying a college degree will reduce the likelihood an inmate will return to a life of crime when released.
The program will offer associate and bachelor degree education at 10 prisons, one in each region of the state.
Cuomo announced the program at a church service for the New York Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators conference Sunday morning alongside New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.
According to a Cuomo press release, New York currently spends $60,000 per year on each prisoner, and it will cost approximately $5,000 per year to educate an inmate. It did not specify the cost of the overall program.
The state will issue a Request for Proposal from qualified educational associations in March.
This is GREAT.
College degree might lead to a career in politics.
Published: February 16, 2014 2:29 PM
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (Credit: AP / Mike Groll)
Andrew Cuomo is proposing to provide college classes in New York prisons, saying a college degree will reduce the likelihood an inmate will return to a life of crime when released.
The program will offer associate and bachelor degree education at 10 prisons, one in each region of the state.
Cuomo announced the program at a church service for the New York Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators conference Sunday morning alongside New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.
According to a Cuomo press release, New York currently spends $60,000 per year on each prisoner, and it will cost approximately $5,000 per year to educate an inmate. It did not specify the cost of the overall program.
The state will issue a Request for Proposal from qualified educational associations in March.
This is GREAT.
College degree might lead to a career in politics.
