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Increased Access to Higher Education Programs for California Prisoners
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2017
by Christopher Zoukis
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2017, page 58
Filed under:
Prison Reform,
Prisoner Privileges,
Education,
Computers,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism,
Release and Reentry,
Education (Juveniles).
Location:
California.
Some California prisoners, including those confined at the notorious Pelican Bay supermax, are enjoying access to higher education courses provided by the state’s community colleges. A 2014 law eliminated the requirement that all classes taught by community colleges must be open to the public; as a result, such colleges can ...
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