According to PNLA Quarterly on any given day more than 100,000 teens are incarcerated in the US, In 2004, on a typical day, more than 7,000 under 18 years were incarcerated as adults. The DOJ statistics project that by 2020, the juvenile population will increase by 36%.
85% of incarcerated juveniles are functionally illiterate. 60% of incarcerated adults are functionally illiterate. There is a direct link with illiteracy, poverty, and incarceration.
Recidivism rate for those who receive an education while in prison is 16%
The Recidivism rate for those who return to society without participating in literacy programs while in prison is 70%
Prison librarians provide information that meets the information, recreational, lifelong learning, and transitional needs of prisoners, preparing them to be successful ex offenders.
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2 comments:
Struggling - Reluctant readers in prisons .
I grew up hating to read.
Today I write action-adventures & mysteries for others who may be experiencing the same difficulties. Though my target audience is readers 8 - 13, especially boys, my books are enjoyed just as much by adults.
The type is larger, I use lots of dialog and humor, sentences are shorter, and there are few large blocks of words.
More information is available at Books for Boys Blog http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
If you have questions, please let me know, but I would also encourage you to let others know about these books. They really work with reluctant readers.
Thank you,
Max Elliot Anderson
Thanks for responding Max. I will post it to the librarians across the state and the prison librarian group across the country. Glennor
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