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Download full textTolbert, Michelle – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2016
Nearly 2.3 million adults are incarcerated in our nation's prisons and jails. Incarcerated adults are, on average, less educated than the general population. Their lack of job skills and a steady employment history, combined with the stigma of their felony convictions, creates significant barriers to reentering the labor market when they are…
Descriptors: Credentials, Correctional Education, Adult Education, Institutionalized Persons
