I’m a prison math teacher. Here’s how to rehabilitate, not just incarcerate
A teacher at Stillwater Correctional Facility discusses the positive impact of the Transformation and Re-entry through Education and Community program on inmates.
When people imagine a correctional facility, they often picture bars, fences and separation from society. Those things certainly exist at Stillwater Correctional Facility. Yet after spending a year teaching with the Transformation and Re-entry through Education and Community program in Minnesota’s prison education system, I’m convinced that another reality exists inside the prison’s walls: community. […]
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