Learning World Explores Education in Prisons: Learning the Hard Way euronews
go to original March 15, 2014

A recent report by the RAND Corporation found that educating people in prison can cut re-offending by around 43 percent. In this edition of Learning World, explore how education in jail can make a difference.

In our first story, from Mexico, we look at how American football has transformed the lives and prospects of young criminals.

The Panteras team brings together prison staff and inmates into an all-conquering unit that has won the Mexico City American football league.

It reflects a new approach by the authorities to dealing with hardened teenage offenders. They are succeeding not just on the field, but in the classroom as well, thanks to an innovative education program.

Could giving prisoners a chance to break free of strict prison rules be a way of rehabilitating them? That is the question in our second report, from Greece.

We look at how the Second Chance project in Greece is giving people who had given up on education hope for a new start in life.

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