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Maine prison offers free college in effort to reduce repeat offenders , save money

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"Philanthropist Doris Buffett, sister of billionaire Warren Buffett, fully finances the program through her Sunshine Lady Foundation. The foundation supports 16 prison college programs around the country at a total cost of about $1.5 million last year." Maine prison offers free college in effort to reduce repeat offenders, save money By Heather Steeves Bangor Daily News Jan. 15, 2011 WARREN, Maine ? Olin Williams was 23 years old when his prison cell door closed behind him in 2001. ?A dumb kid,? he calls himself in retrospect. His mistakes cost him 15 years in the Maine State Prison for an attempted murder conviction. On the outside, Williams worked as a machinist in a factory. A college education seemed far away. Now, about five years from release, Williams has an associate degree and plans to get his bachelor?s degree soon...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 18, 2011 (boomark / email).