CA News
Education from the Inside, Out
November 13, 2008
Please join us for a forum discussing the need to reinstate public funding for higher education programs in prisons:
When: November 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: SUNY Old Westbury Student Center, Old Westbury, Long Island, New York [get directions or view a map of Old Westbury]
Parking/Shuttle Service: Free parking is available at SUNY Old Westbury. Please follow marked signs on the day of the event. Free shuttle service will be provided by Old Westbury for for forum attendees arriving by train at the Hicksville station before 10am. Return shuttle service will be provided in the afternoon after the forum has concluded.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: please email us to sign up rsvp@correctionalassociation.org
Lunch included with registration.
Keynote Address:
Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, President, SUNY College at Old Westbury; Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church
Confirmed Panelists:
Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry, Chair, Committee on Corrections
Robert Gangi, Executive Director, Correctional Association
Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair, Committee on Education
Glenn Martin, Associate Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, Fortune Society
Vivian Nixon, Executive Director, College and Community Fellowship
Click here to see a complete list of speakers and view the schedule for the day.
Did You Know:
Higher education and employment programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people contribute to safer, more manageable prisons and significantly reduced recidivism rates? There is no question that such programs help individuals make a smooth, crime-free re-entry to their communities. However, despite the success of prison-based college and post-incarceration programs, major spending cuts under former governor George Pataki have not been restored and public funding for these programs remains largely unavailable.
The Time Is Now.
The current political landscape looks promising for changes in higher education policy. We intend for this forum to serve as catalyst to garner more political support for reinstating spending for in-prison college programs, as well as an opportunity to educate the public on the benefits higher education provides both incarcerated and formerly incarcerated persons and for society as a whole.