To: County Judge Ben Cross and the Pope County Quorum Court (13 justices of the peace)
A RAND review of decades of studies found that people who took part in education while locked up had 43% lower odds of returning to prison. In 2023, about 70% of people in U.S. jails had not been convicted of the charge they were held on (Bureau of Justice Statistics). We ask Pope County to include classroom, trade-shop, kitchen and garden space in any new or renovated jail.
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