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Yale Prison Education Initiative
at Dwight Hall at Yale
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Prison Education By the Numbers
Number of people incarcerated in the United States:
2.2 million
Number of prisons in Connecticut:
15
Books and supplies for one incarcerated student in YPEI pilot:
$165
Percentage of YPEI partner program Bard Prison Initiative students who return to prison after release:
4%
Cost to taxpayers to incarcerate one person for a year:
$60,000
Percent of people in state prison who have had some form of postsecondary education:
22%
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