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Education Programs In The 1700s

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Education programs in correctional facilities is not a new idea in our society. The idea of implementing these programs in prisons has been around as early as the 1700s. Correctional education programs today consist of two basic types of programs — literacy development and vocational training. Literacy development is focused on improving inmate’s reading and math skills while vocational training is more focused on inmate’s ability to gain skills they can use in the workplace once they are released. However, these programs were unheard of in the 1700s. The sole purpose of education programs during this time was to teach inmates how to read. These programs in the 1700s only focused on inmate’s ability to read because it allowed them to understand

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