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High points of learning behind bars: Characteristics of positive correctional education experiences for incarcerated girls

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  • Flores, Jerry
  • Barahona-Lopez, Kati
  • Hawes, Janelle
  • Syed, Neha

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In California incarcerated juveniles are legally mandated to attend school while behind bars. Previous research shows that the quality of education people receive behind bars can increase their educational attainment, improve the probability of other positive life chances, and lowers the likelihood of recidivism. As we interviewed incarcerated girls, they described their corrections-based educational experience as overwhelmingly positive. This paper examines why girls viewed these experiences so positively. Small classrooms, student-teacher relationships and interactions, and meeting the girls’s housing and food needs, each contributed to their positive outlook. Ultimately, being behind bars allowed them to access a more intimate, favorable educational experience.

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  • Flores, Jerry & Barahona-Lopez, Kati & Hawes, Janelle & Syed, Neha, 2020. "High points of learning behind bars: Characteristics of positive correctional education experiences for incarcerated girls," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:77:y:2020:i:c:s0738059320303692
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102210
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    1. ahmed Shafi, Adeela & Little, Ross & Case, Stephen, 2021. "Children’s education in secure custodial settings: Towards a global understanding of effective policy and practice," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).

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