In the second part of the American Recovery Series, I discuss the Prison spending versus Education spending and the importance of Education as a means to curve the prison population.
Below are the resources I used for the podcast:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/prison#ref952070
https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/12/whats-the-purpose-of-education-in-the-21st-century/
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education
https://www.britannica.com/topic/punishment/Rehabilitation
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/01/2021-18800/annual-determination-of-average-cost-of-incarceration-fee-coif
https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends-prison-spending
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=66
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/public-school-spending-per-pupil.html
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ecp.pdf
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372
https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/mortgages/articles/americans-spend-an-average-of-1784-a-month-on-housing-but-these-tricks-could-help-you-spend-less/
https://www.crimeinamerica.net/offender-recidivism-and-reentry-in-the-united-states/