College in Prison

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Free college in prison is going to benefit society when inmates are released from prison. Over the past decades, government had convicted some innocent people to prison without enough evidence. Because of lack of forensic evidence in the past century, it was not clear if the person was guilty or not. When governments are pressured to find closure from the tragic incident that have occurred , they have no option but to convict the person of interest. They either give the person life in prison without parole or sentence the person to death. In the nineteenth century, forensic evidence became an huge part in finding closures to what happened to the victim. https://www.troopers.ny.gov/Crime_Laboratory_System/History/Forensic_Science_History/

According to telegraph news, a man was incarcerated for 39 years after he was found not guilty.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11485165/Americas-longest-serving-innocent-prisoner-receives-1m-for-39-years-in-jail.html. If the man received his associate or bachelor degree while in jail, it would benefit him because he would be able to look for a job or open his own business with the large sum of  money that the state gave him.

A lot of inmates have lived behind bars for years. When they are released from jail, they do not know what the future holds for them. Without further due, congress should pass a bill that would require free college for prison inmates. Some inmates who are released from jail without the right skills for a job ends up back in jail for fear of the unknown. For instance, they can not get a job because they lack the knowledge of performing the task of the job. Therefore, they have no choice but to break the law so that they can go back to jail.  http://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/372264/free-college-prison-inmates-jesse-saffron

The governor of Albany, Cuomo said that it cost the state $60,000 a year to house each inmate. New York’s recidivism rate is 40 percent and studies show that when inmates earn college degrees, they are far less likely to return to prison. “Giving men and women in prison the opportunity to earn a college degree costs our state less and benefits our society more,” Cuomo said in a release.

https://www.papermasters.com/educating-prison-inmates.html

Society would benefit from the outcome if inmates have the opportunity to earn an associate or bachelor degree while in jail. There would be less crime and less spending from the government to provide for the inmates. Furthermore, governments can use the money on other important things such as climate change, fight Isis, and more training for law enforcement.