§3305 Programs for Corrections Education and Other Institutionalized Individuals

Summary

Agencies that receive funds made available under section 3302(a)(1) for a fiscal year must run education programs for people in correctional and similar institutions. The money must pay for schooling for criminal offenders and other institutionalized individuals. Programs may include adult education and literacy, special education, high school credit, integrated education and job training, career pathways, concurrent enrollment, peer tutoring, and re-entry or postrelease services aimed at lowering reoffending. Agencies running programs in prisons must give priority to people likely to be released within 5 years. Each agency must send the Secretary an annual report on program progress, including the recidivism rate for the offenders served. Correctional institution: places like prisons, jails, reformatories, work farms, detention centers, halfway houses, or similar facilities. Criminal offender: anyone charged with or convicted of a crime.