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TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
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Not always.
However:
So access to education seems to be one of those things that is at least partially lip service. Education might be offered, it also might be substandard compared to a regular school. However, if it is offered and decent, inmates who have participated in getting a GED or better education state that it did help with avoiding recidivism and having better mental health.
https://www.degreechoices.com/blog/prison-education-usa/
A survey of 100 people out of 10s of thousands is useless.
Ok. Glad you weighed in with your expertise. This may not be the exhaustive survey that would offer incontrovertible proof, but it’s what we’ve got. Care to offer anything to the contrary other than an opinion?
You can cherry-pick anything if you have 22K people to pick from and only need 100. We don't how and at which point the question was asked. We don't know the selection process. All we know is that they got 100 people to say something. It shouldn't matter if we agree with the findings.
Ok. So you’re attacking the source, not the argument, while absolving yourself of any effort to contribute to the discussion. Well done.
Seriously? You seem to only care that the survey results show what you want them to show. Apparently it doesn't matter how shoddy the survey was done, as long as it says what you want it to say, you're okay with that and will attack anyone who points out that it's flawed. This is Anthony Wakefield territory.
No, but thanks for telling me what I’m thinking. I provided some evidence. You complain that it doesn’t meet your arbitrary standard. I call you out and ask you to provide information that contradicts the study. IDGAF, I don’t have a dog in this fight whether the study contains valid data or not, but if you’re going to call “bullshit”, provide contrary data. If all you want to do is complain about the study, there’s the door. I’m here to have a conversation about education in prisons, not your opinion on the study.