October 8, 2009
CIW using public funds for low-income students to pay college tuition for inmates?
Dawn Davison wanted to do more for "her ladies" than the cash-strapped state could provide. So the warden for the California Institution for Women turned to Chaffey College, her alma mater, to help bring college classes to the prison.
"We are reaching out into community and forming partnerships to help offset the cuts," Davison said. Now, $1.2 billion in the hole, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is following her lead.
In an attempt to offset the first wave of budget cuts, CDCR has sent out layoff notices to teachers and is looking to community volunteers to help educate and train more than 170,000 prisoners…
LINK - DailyBulletin.com
