http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...e=search_story

Today in Corrections class we were shown this video, and a discussion ensued. How do you all feel about prisoners, serving a sentence for crimes such as murder and rape, being given the chance to gain a higher education in this manner?? How does it make you feel that these individuals are receiving their education with funding from a private organization, while there are so many other individuals who haven't committed crimes that are struggling to go to college, and are forced to take out loans that they will have to pay back in the future?

A few individuals in the class believed that it was wrong to allow criminals to do things such as study and attend class while incarcerated because they committed a crime and this is supposed to be punishment. That the individuals should serve their sentence, get out, and then try to better themselves. Others believed it's best to let them better themselves while incarcerated, and that with a program such as the above we are at least reforming some individuals that we would not have otherwise.

Thoughts?