Talk:Prison education

message: "Skeptics claim that, in many cases, prison education produces nothing more than "better educated criminals".
Its good to show both sides to an argument, but you're citing a creationist 'doctor' with a degree from an unaccredited diploma mill. RioDevez (talk) 20:14, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reduction in Recidivism 

message: Yo Freikorp, I started a commons category at :c:Category:Prison education and added a few pretty good quality images from the DoJ, in case there are places you can use them. I'll look for more public domain images later today and see what I can find. GMGtalk 10:56, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: That's awesome, thanks heaps. :) Freikorp (talk) 11:02, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay Freikorp, you should have plenty to choose from now. Unfortunately it's basically all from the US, but them's the breaks as far as public domain government works goes. GMGtalk 13:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks again; very helpful. FYI though 'CDCR firefighter education 1.jpg' and 'CDCR firefighter education 19.jpg' appear to be the same image. Freikorp (talk) 14:01, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah. Good catch. Nominated 19 for speedy. GMGtalk 14:04, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: The numbers regarding the US (and possibly other countries) are conflating two things. The educational level rates among prisoners upon entry, and while in prison. The Urban Institute report (included in article) relies on the same statistics provided by Professor Harlow of the BJS in this report. In the Wiki article, it presents the educational levels of prisoners, including with prison education programs as opposed to the educational disparity of prisoners and general population upon entry. In that case, the state prisoner education level, is 32% have no high school or GED equivalent education as of 2003, with 26% of them obtaining a GED while in prison. ~ Shushugah (he/him • talk) 10:40, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi . Thanks for your comments. I do recall realising when writing that section that some statistics weren't differentiating between those entering the prison system, and the prison population in general (which would include those who had completed the courses while in prison). Sometimes the source itself doesn't clarify. What is apparent across the board, however, is that education levels in prison are consistently lower than outside all around the world, even when you do count the people who obtained their qualification in prison. That's the overall message I'm trying to convey in that section. I will keep this in mind though. I don't disagree that noting the difference between those entering prisons and the general prison population is interesting. Damien Linnane (talk) 14:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Literacy rates and available programs 

message: I propose to add Category:Education for obvious reasons. As it is a featured article I do not dare to change it myself. Sda030 (talk) 22:18, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi . Thanks for the suggestion; guess that obvious category just got overlooked. I've added it now though. Also while making bold changes to the prose of a featured article is arguably not a great idea, I wouldn't be worried about adding categories yourself in the future. Worst case scenario it just gets reverted. Have a nice day. Damien Linnane (talk) 02:01, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks, will do! You too. Sda030 (talk) 17:14, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add Category:Education 

message: Hello,
My edit on this page was reverted but contains important content that belongs to this article. Throughout the United States, tablet computers are used to provide education to inmates in several states. There was no link to the Tablet article I provided once it was removed. This is an important detail. The other detail which was removed, was a piece of legislature referenced concerning a minimum of education content provided to prisoners. NYC with 5 hours per day. I’d appreciate if someone put the information back, it was sourced  Twillisjr (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The reason for the reversion of your original addition to this page about one recent development in New York only to a section about centuries of history in the entire USA was clearly explained. You were not making a comment about tablets in general, only in one state. And most concerning, you sourced it to what appears to be a promotional website for Samsung. So no, we will not be adding that back. Please read WP:RS. And while we're at it please don't add bare urls to any Wikipedia article, let alone a featured one. Damien Linnane (talk) 01:18, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tablets  

message: — Assignment last updated by Smg02 (talk) 18:24, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Just for the record I've left some feedback on the student editor's page that I think they may find helpful regarding this assignment. Damien Linnane (talk) 02:40, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Global Poverty and Practice

message: — Assignment last updated by Lindseybean28 (talk) 21:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: College Composition II