All surveyed former students strongly agreed that prison college participation positively affected their lives, behavior in prison, and post-release lives¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? All four former students strongly agreed that college courses had a positive effect on their life overall, the prison community, their behavior in prison, and their post-release life. → Jillian Baranger 2018

Evidence¶

Jillian Baranger 2018¶

Jillian Baranger, Danielle Rousseau, Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, James Matesanz. (2018). Doing Time Wisely: The Social and Personal Benefits of Higher Education in Prison. The Prison Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885518776380

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Likert-scale questionnaire (1–5) administered to all four former students at the start of the pilot qualitative study. Unanimous strong agreement on overall, community, in-prison behavior, and post-release items; no effect size printed.

"All students strongly agreed that participating in college courses had a positive effect on their life overall and benefited the community of the prison as a whole."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Participants reported improved communication skills and faculty modeling of positive interpersonal interaction — related
• Former students reported positive changes in self-perception and self-confidence after participating in prison higher education — related
• Prison college participation was reported to increase institutional cohesion, including among non-participating incarcerated women — related
• Prison higher education alone was reported as insufficient for post-release employment, with criminal-record and reentry barriers persisting — related
• Formerly incarcerated women students reported improved disciplinary behavior while participating in a prison college program — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)