外刊听读| 经济学人 监狱远程学习

Remote learning in prisons - prisons are using technology to improve inmates's education

Related words:

1. gane leader 帮派或者犯罪团伙头目
2. imposing man 监禁的人，可以理解为关在监狱的人
3. inmate 囚犯
4. warden 监狱的看守人员
5. recidivist 惯犯
6. rearrest 再次被捕
7. Incarcerate 监禁关押，incarcerate sb 关押某人
8. Cell 单间牢房, keep prisoners stuck in their cells
9. jail = maximum-security facility 监狱
10. internet access 联网
11. block 防火墙
12. advocacy group 为律师出庭辩证的人
13. Tough on crime 严厉打击犯罪

Vocabulary

1. post-secondary education 大专教育
2. Technical or community college 技术学院或社区学院

Nice sentence：

1. (教育对减少在犯罪率有显著的帮助）Education in prison is widely known to reduce recidivism. In America over 75% of prisoners are arrested within five years of release(刑满释放五年内被捕）. A big reason is their inability to find work. This pattern is costly. For example, 1$ invested in prison education yield 5$ in taxpayer savings from plunging incarceration costs in the three years after release. By contrast, participation in some form of education, from porst-secondary to university, can reduce the rate of rearrest to varying degrees.
2. Prisons are using technology to improve inmates's education. Most inmates used to been barred from using internet-enabled devices, on security grounds. But unprecendented pandemic, which led to extended jail lockdowns, forced technical revolution in prison education. The authority in some states is rolling out laptop-based education platform, where inmates would obtain the equivalent of a secondary school diploma to study for professional licensing tests, or even for a few, to take college courses. This remote learning give prisoners more opportunity on a daily basis to make choices about their future, by allowing them to work on lessons trhat match their ability and interest.