Education as Crime Prevention

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The Case for Reinstating Pell Grant Eligibility for the Incarcerated

This report illustrates the overwhelming consensus among public officials that postsecondary education is the most successful and cost-effective method of preventing crime. The United States Government should resume its long-standing policy of releasing a fraction of Pell Grants to qualified incarcerated Americans. As proven by the government studies cited in this memo, its impact was enormously positive. Resuming this policy would slash rates of recidivism and save the states millions of dollars.

Note. The data cited in this memo comes exclusively from official publications produced by or for the United States Government and the governments of the states.

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