HuffPo: This Is How A Prison's Debate Team Beat Harvard

[gobears10]

"Three men currently incarcerated at the Eastern New York Correctional Facility in Ulster County beat Harvard University in a recent debate.

How they did it, though, is as inspiring as it is heartbreaking. Almost everywhere in the United States, time spent in prison is at best wasted, at worst spent in a swirl of violence and humiliation. But prisoners fortunate enough to be situated near Bard College have a chance to participate in a program founded on a radical insight: Prison need not be only about punishment, but can also be a place where people grow and blossom into the educated, responsible citizens they will need to be when they're released...

The program aims to rehabilitate inmates and help them return to their communities productive members of society -- among the formerly incarcerated Bard students, less than 2 percent have returned to prison."

Full article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bard-prison-initiative-debate-team-defeat-harvard_5614124ee4b022a4ce5fb875

[Duppers]

1. Why don't we see more programs like BPI's everywhere?

Two things: lack of funding and for-profit prisons that want to keep recidivism rates high. In other words, money and greedy corporations. Shouldn't some owners of those bars be behind them?