Evidence Brief: Prisoner Education and Employment [pdf, 548 KB]
...In a review of the evidence, the Urban Institute suggest that “education improves decision making skills and promotes pro-social thinking, thereby improving in prison behaviour and facilitating adjustment to prison. Education increases human capital, improving general cognitive functioning while providing specific skills”.xxii PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE BRIEF – JULY 2016. PAGE 6 of 13 WHEN IS PRISONER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT MOST EFFECTIVE?...