Statist insanity continues: Cuomo pushes plan to give inmates free degrees

Governor Cuomo is pushing a controversial new plan that would help inmates get free college degrees. Cuomo says the new proposal will save taxpayers money and stop a destructive cycle.

The state says it costs about $60,000 to lock someone up, it will cost about $5,000 more to educate an inmate, according to a plan the governor announced Sunday.

Educating inmates will help stop the cycle, and less will return to prison, which means less money the state pays to lock them up, the governor said Sunday.

News 4 spoke with a 19-year-old college student, Lindsay Severino, who says she wants to go to jail.

Severino said, “Honestly, I would rather go to prison than pay $100,000 of debt for the rest of my life.”

Severino shared with News 4 her raw reaction when she heard about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to pay for prisoners to get a college degree. “I found out about this on the News 4 app and I was just heartbroken.”

Governor Cuomo says this initiative will provide a college education at 10 state prisons, one in each region. It would take an inmate up to three years to complete a degree. The state says there’s proof this will work.

http://wivb.com/2014/02/17/cuomo-pushes-plan-to-give-inmates-free-degrees/
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Statist insanity continues: Cuomo pushes plan to give inmates free degrees

Statist insanity continues: Cuomo pushes plan to give inmates free degrees

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