Common Dreams (3/7/09) – by Jesse D. Hagopian
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/07-2
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One in thirty-one.
As a public school teacher I am quite familiar with this figure—it’s a typical teacher to student ratio in the classroom. But now that proportion has taken on new significance: A report released on March 2nd by the Pew Center on the States found that one in every thirty-one adults reside in the US corrections system—now totaling some 7.3 million people.
That means roughly one student per classroom in America will end up in prison, on parole, or on probation.
The Dog Eats Its Tail: Oversized Classes, Overpopulated Prisons
Common Dreams (3/7/09) – by Jesse D. Hagopian
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/03/07-2
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One in thirty-one.
As a public school teacher I am quite familiar with this figure—it’s a typical teacher to student ratio in the classroom. But now that proportion has taken on new significance: A report released on March 2nd by the Pew Center on the States found that one in every thirty-one adults reside in the US corrections system—now totaling some 7.3 million people.
That means roughly one student per classroom in America will end up in prison, on parole, or on probation.
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