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Bars To Education: NY1 Special Report on School in New York City Jails (NY1)

  • Organization: NY1
  • Document Type: Article/News
  • Date Created: Monday, August 16, 2010
  • Submitted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
  • Attachment(s): HTM

Almost 90 percent of the city's incarcerated youth are re-arrested by the time they're 28. NY1 reports the educational issues confronted by New York City students who go to school behind bars and the reforms underway to rescue the schools in jails .