New York spoke of a recent study on weight lifting in prisons and how the director said the public does not care if lifting makes the inmates easier to take care of. The public might be interested if we could document that inmates that lifted were a better person after being released or if we could document that lifting reduced recidivism. Leavenworth mentioned it seems like a cycle. Things get tight for a few years, then you can do anything you want, then the pendulum swings. South Carolina mentions they also recognize the pendulum.
Education does go with rec.
They can go hand in hand. We will continue this discussion Saturday. We have discussed a lot of what it is about, We will try to discuss more about how it is working. Strength Tech comment - There is understandably considerable confusion about the various laws, proposed laws, and the FBOP guidelines. The Zimmer amendment is no longer in effect.