Public Policy Project PLCY 8127-402

Petey Greene:

Summary of the Issue: While the landscape of correctional education has evolved significantly over the last ten years, there is a gap in current research on the state of correctional education nationally and the value, particularly monetarily, of investing in education programming for incarcerated people. 

Goal: The goal of this project is to support Petey Greene in its efforts to address this critical gap in the research. This will include providing Petey Greene with  an analysis of the correctional education landscape in the United States and existing efforts to quantify the value of investments in correctional education. This analysis can be used by Petey Greene to support its advocacy efforts and will form the basis of a roadmap for future, national-level research to quantify the return on investment in correctional education.

1. What literature is there on correctional education programs specifically in North Carolina?

"prison education" or "in-prison education" "correctional education"

+ sign before a term or "phrase in quotes"  is for a required string to be included in a Google or Google Scholar search result

Proquest Criminal Justice database for keywords correctional education programs and north carolina

http://libproxy.temple.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/search/2798109?accountid=14270

Google Scholar for in-prison education and north carolina

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=5%2C39&sciodt=0%2C39&cites=16444365075143398611&scipsc=&inst=12086909504966483896&q=in-prison+education+and+north+carolina&btnG=

Google for official policy and think tanks

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=in-prison+education+and+north+carolina&t=newext&atb=v290-1&ia=web

1. What literature is there on correctional education programs specifically in Michigan?

Google Scholar for c

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&as_ylo=2021&inst=12086909504966483896&q=in-prison+correctional+prison+education+and+%2Bmichigan&btnG=

1. Aside from literature focused on recidivism, how does correctional education alleviate court costs?

Google Scholar for prison education programs and +"court costs"

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&as_ylo=2021&inst=12086909504966483896&q=prison+education+programs+and+%2B%22court+costs%22&btnG=

Google Scholar for prison education programs and north carolina and "court costs"

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&as_ylo=2021&inst=12086909504966483896&q=prison+education+programs+and+north+carolina+and+%22court+costs%22&btnG=

1. What literature is there on correctional education’s impact on child care costs? Marriage rates?

Citing article A developmental perspective on children with incarcerated parents

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=5354814389151300932&as_sdt=5,39&sciodt=0,39&hl=en&inst=12086909504966483896

2019 ebook The Palgrave handbook of prison and the family

1. What are the social benefits of correctional education individuals receive while incarcerated and post release?

1. What are the average costs of correctional education programs in North Carolina and Michigan?

1. What literature exists on the payoffs of correctional education on the correctional staff in terms of inmate behavior and rehabilitation?

Because of copyright, Generative AI is not particularly useful for academic sources, but does access free policy documents fairly well. This is a Perplexity.AI search:

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/i-am-a-graduate-student-workin-cYStl81YTEyifNvUJBUBRQ

1. How do correctional education programs impact the cultural and social dynamics within prison populations?

See literature review 2021 article “You're a product of your environment for sure”: Correctional educators on their perceptions of and contributions to prison social climate

and citing articles

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=15969443774715245227&as_sdt=5,39&sciodt=0,39&hl=en&inst=12086909504966483896