LIBERATING MINDS: THE CASE FOR COLLEGE IN PRISON
Book ID/图书代码： 12861017B99055
English Summary/英文概要： Anthony Cardenales was a stickup artist in the Bronx before spending seventeen years in prison. Today he is a senior manager at a recycling plant in Westchester, New York. He attributes his ability to turn his life around to the college degree he earned in prison. Many college-in-prison graduates achieve similar success and the positive ripple effects for their families and communities, and for the country as a whole, are dramatic. College-in-prison programs greatly reduce recidivism, leading to potential savings in the staggering cost of prisons. They increase post-prison employment, allowing the formerly incarcerated to better support their families and to reintegrate successfully into their communities, providing positive role models. College programs also decrease violence within prisons, improving conditions for both correction officers and the incarcerated.
Liberating Minds eloquently makes the case for these multiple benefits and also tells the stories of many formerly incarcerated college students and the remarkable transformations in their lives.
Both access to college for all Americans and criminal justice reform are high on today’s national policy agenda. Liberating Minds argues that it is imperative, both for prisoners themselves and for society, that access to higher education be extended to include the incarcerated. As the country faces a legacy of decades of over-incarceration, offering college behind bars provides a corrective on the path back to a more democratic and humane society.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Anthony Cardenales在入狱之前是布朗克斯的一个艺术家，他在狱中待了17年。现在，他是纽约韦斯特切斯特一家回收厂的高级经理。许多监狱大学的毕业生都取得了类似的成功，而这对他们的家人、社区和整个国家的影响是巨大的。监狱大学大幅减少了累犯，并降低了监狱的成本。监狱大学增加了出狱后的就业率，帮助罪犯在出狱后更好地养活家人，成功融入社区并树立正面的榜样。监狱大学还降低了监狱内的暴力案件发生率，改善了狱警和服刑犯的生活状态。
本书有力地证明了上述有点，并讲述了许多罪犯的感人故事，他们在狱中读了大学，并因此彻底改变了自己的生活。
本书认为，对囚犯和整个社会而言，让囚犯也有机会接受高等教育是必须的。目前，国家正面临着囚犯过多的窘境，而让囚犯上大学有助于社会向着更加民主而人道的方向发展。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：“本书是在当前政治气候下寻求监狱改革的政策制定者们宝贵的信息库。”——《科克斯评论》
“坦率而犀利……对美国教育进行了深刻而具有启发性的思考。”——《图书馆期刊》
"A valuable arsenal of information for policymakers seeking prison reform in the present political climate."—Kirkus Reviews
"Candid and incisive…a stark yet enlightening look at American education."—Library Journal
About the Author/作者介绍： Ellen Condliffe Lagemann，巴德大学利维研究所教授，也是巴德监狱计划特聘研究员。她曾担任斯宾塞基金会主席，并担任哈佛大学教育系研究生院院长。她住在纽约的根特。
Ellen Condliffe Lagemann is the Levy Institute Research Professor at Bard College, where she is also the Distinguished Fellow in the Bard Prison Initiative. Formerly she served as president of the Spencer Foundation and as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She lives in Ghent, New York.
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