Fund pathways to education, not to prison

rosencrentz wrote:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fund-pathways-to-education-not-to-prison/article1930827/

So stupid trying to get people an education! Waste of resources, a huge cost to the system , and absolutely no benefit to the system!

For $5-million a year, the Conservative government has made an investment in young people that makes no sense.

There is mandatory tutoring, for those whose marks fall below a certain threshold. There are mentors and support workers. There is financial aid – free transit tickets or lunches (whatever is needed to get a student to school) and $1,000 a year toward postsecondary tuition.

The assessment found a $600,000 lifetime benefit to society for each student in the program.

This money could better be used in The Health care Department! What is Harper thinking about?

Ottawa's wrong-headedness on prisons involves more than just money. The government is squandering its energies figuring out all the ways to keep people in prison longer. It should be focusing on fostering innovation and producing a more educated population, thereby keeping people out of prison.

grumpy old man wrote:And frankly some people need to spend time in jail. There has to be at least the threat of real punishment to deter some people from committing crime.

JTF wrote:Whether or not jail is a punishment and a deterrent is debatable, but one thing that is certain and that is that some people are kept isolated from society and society is safer because of it.