Schooling while incarcerated as a turning point for serious juvenile and young adult offenders

ConclusionsResults indicate that facility school climate matters for all juvenile offenders returning to their communities and that correctional education done right presents an important opportunity to reconnect returning minors with school, an important normative context of development. Conversely, results suggest that returning offenders who have ‘aged out’ of high school are a separate vulnerable group who may need additional support for successful reentry.
Source: Journal of Adolescence - Category: Child Development Source Type: research