Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons
April 14, 2008
An Inquirer editorial reads, “n the same week this month, a study by a Washington criminal-justice think tank revealed that Philadelphia has the highest rate of incarceration in the country, while another study, by a Maryland-based nonprofit, reported that only half of Philadelphia’s students graduate from high school.”
Source: Improving our schools is a smart way to empty our prisons. Education – not incarceration
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