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Democracy and Education Behind Bars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2015

Joshua A. Miller
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Abstract

In this Praxis Reflection, I reflect on the relationship between teaching and imprisonment. I describe a college program at a prison in Jessup, Maryland, and argue that liberal arts-style college classes should be widely available in prisons even as we work to dismantle the current system of mass incarceration.

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Perspectives on Politics , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , pp. 714 - 721
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2015 

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