%0 Journal Article
%T Doing Time Wisely: The Social and Personal Benefits of Higher Education in Prison
%A Danielle Rousseau
%A James Matesanz
%A Jillian Baranger
%A Mary Ellen Mastrorilli
%J The Prison Journal
%@ 1552-7522
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0032885518776380
%X Much of the research on postsecondary education effects on incarcerated individuals has focused on men. However, given the increased rates of womenĄŻs imprisonment over the past 40 years, scholars should examine the impact of higher education in prison on women. In this qualitative study, the authors assess the social and personal benefits of participating in a college behind bars program delivered in a womenĄŻs prison. Data gathered with both program participants and faculty suggest that students in the program experienced a reduction in criminogenic attitudes and behaviors as well as positive changes in self-perception
%K higher education
%K higher education in prison
%K incarceration
%K women in prison
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0032885518776380