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November 3, 2017
A Message from EBI's Captain Victor Allende
Criminal justice officials across the country continue to struggle to
break the recidivism cycle in which inmates are released only to land
right back behind bars. These inmates are among the most poorly
educated people in the country, and that fact holds the key to a solution.
Decades of research has shown that inmates who participate in
corrections education programs even if they fail to earn degrees
are far more likely to stay out of the corrections system once they are freed.
Education programs for the incarcerated are highly cost effective as
confirmed by a 2013 RAND Corporation study covering 30 years of
corrections education research. Among other things, the study found
for every dollar spent on education for the incarcerated translated into
savings of $4 to $5 on imprisonment costs down the line.
Other studies suggest that corrections facilities with education programs
have fewer violent incidents, making it easier for officials to keep order,
and the children of people who complete college are more likely to do so
themselves, disrupting the typical pattern of poverty and incarceration.
It makes no sense to send someone to prison with no pathway for them to succeed.
One of the major goals of the Education Based Incarceration Unit is to
engage those incarcerated in Los Angeles County Jails in education
opportunities, whether obtaining high school diplomas, career technical
education (vocational training), or learning ways to productively structure
their time.
Please encourage your incarcerated loved ones to ask about the EBI
programs and opportunities.
Victor Allende, Captain
Inmate Services Bureau
Contact Information: Education Based Incarceration - (323) 526-5380, ebi@lasd.org
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