Recidivism in 51СʪÃÃ’s Prison Initiative is Zero Percent!
Candidates for graduation listen to the speaker at a 51СʪÃà Prison Initiative commencement.
It’s true. Among graduates of Columbia International University’s Prison Initiative the recidivism rate is zero percent. That’s phenomenal when you consider that a recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed 68 percent of inmates released from prison were re-arrested within three years.
Each year about a dozen student-inmates graduate from 51СʪÃà with an accredited Associate of Arts degree they earn while studying in cohorts at the Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia, just across the Broad River from 51СʪÃÃ’s main campus. The graduates then become chaplain’s assistants in the South Carolina prison system. A total of 157 51СʪÃà Prison Initiative alumni serve in over 20 institutions around the state.
The success of the 51СʪÃà Prison Initiative caught the attention of , a ministry of the .
Read about it in the article by Warren Cole Smith, vice president at the Colson Center.
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