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Lacey Byram Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since the 1970s, the incarcerated population in the United States has grown exponentially. The country currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world and disproportionately incarcerates members of marginalized communities despite the known negative impacts on life chances and prosocial behavior. Because of these established…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Access to Education, Social Capital, Employment
James Cowan; Dan Goldhaber; Suvekshya Gautam – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Correctional education is a prevalent form of rehabilitation programming for prisoners in the United States. There is limited evidence, however, about the labor market returns to credentials received while incarcerated. Using incarceration, educational, and labor market data in Washington State, we study the labor market returns to GEDs and…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Labor Market, Institutionalized Persons, High School Equivalency Programs
A. Houtenville; S. Bach – Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2024
The "Annual Report on People with Disabilities in America" is a companion volume to the "2024 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium." Indicators were in the following areas of interest: employment, educational attainment, health and health care, financial status and security, leisure recreation, personal relationships, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Health, Health Services