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California expands prison higher education over a decade

Original: Inside California’s decadelong higher education expansion in prisons

California has spent roughly ten years building out college programs inside its state prisons, a shift covered by education and local outlets this week. Reports describe how incarcerated people can now access more degree-bearing coursework, part of a broader push to use education to reduce recidivism and ease reentry after release. Observers are weighing the costs, benefits and outcomes of the expansion.

Why now: New reporting is spotlighting the results of California's long-running effort to bring college classes into prisons.

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