County Commons · national petition

Make every prison in America an accredited school for earning a living

A petition to your members of Congress, started by Brayden Sanders, founder of County Commons.

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Why it matters

Nearly everyone in prison comes home. We ask Congress to require and fund accredited job training and education in every federal prison, and to help states do the same — training that ends in a recognized credential. A RAND review of decades of studies found people who took part in prison education had 43% lower odds of returning to prison than those who didn't.

Sources for the facts above: RAND, Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education (2013)

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