Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Prison education

Prison education

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 10, 2021 by Wehwalt (talk) 20:16, 4 November 2021 (UTC)



Prison education is any educational activity that occurs inside prison. Courses range from basic literacy programs to vocational and tertiary education. The history of and current practices in prison education vary greatly among countries. Administrating and attending educational programs in prisons can be difficult. Staff and budget shortages, a lack of educational resources and computers, and the transfer of prisoners between facilities are common barriers. Studies consistently show that education in prison is an effective way of reducing the rates of recidivism, which saves the expense of future prison sentences. In the US, every dollar spent on prison education saves taxpayers four to five dollars. Despite the benefits of educational programs, rates of education within prisons remain low in many countries, and attempts to increase the rate of and funding for prison education have been opposed. Opponents argue that prison education is a waste of money and that prisoners are not deserving of the benefit.
 * Most recent similar article(s): I don't think there are any other featured articles like this
 * Main editors: Damien Linnane
 * Promoted: 24 October 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: No other reason than its a rather unique article for TFA
 * Support as nominator. Damien Linnane (talk) 02:17, 24 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment The blurb has 1,092 characters, the limit is 1,025. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:06, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Shortened to 1,020. Damien Linnane (talk) 22:50, 4 November 2021 (UTC)