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    Changing views on crime, from Central Asia to the South Pacific

    by Ali Martin Jun 01, 2023 3 minutes

    1. United States

    A college program for formerly incarcerated students is giving graduates a meaningful path forward after prison. Project Rebound, a California State University program, began in 1967 at San Francisco State University and expanded to eight more schools in 2016, after a massive philanthropic push. Today 15 Cal State Universities offer the program, which provides reintegration support in addition to higher education. In the academic years 2016-2023, 749 formerly incarcerated students have earned degrees, including two doctorates. Statewide, about 10,000 inmates are in college.

    Project Rebound students have a recidivism rate

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