Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs
1 year, 9 months ago

Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At least 3,181 prisoners and 311 correctional staff died of virus-related causes through mid-January of this year, according to a COVID tracking project by the law school at the University of California in Los Angeles. It’s hard to overstate the positive impact of educational and skills training on prisoner rehabilitation, said Margaret diZerega, who directs the Vera Institute of Justice’s Unlocking Potential initiative, which is focused on expanding college in prison. Some prisons expanded mail correspondence learning for prisoners in GED or college programs and introduced learning via mobile tablets where they could.

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Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs
1 year, 9 months ago

Rehab on hold: COVID devastated prison learning programs

Associated Press  

CHOWCHILLA, California — Joseph Sena has spent nearly half his 27 years in prison for manslaughter. “People weren’t prepared for this,” said Oscar Martinez, a resident of Valley State Prison. The cell that you have in your mind, when you start suffocating in there, it’s just like cage after cage after cage.” It’s hard to overstate the positive impact of …

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