What percentage of prisoners have college degrees?

This topic has significant racial overtones, but we will try to answer it fairly and objectively. The white vs. Hispanic and white vs. black educational achievement gap has been extensively studied and proven. read more

The percentage of functionally illiterate people in prison surely exceeds those with a college degree, by a significant margin. There are, of course, many prisoners who markedly improve their educational attainment while in prison. read more

The number of college degrees awarded to inmates fell from 1,078 in 1991 to 141 in 2011. At a time when a college degree is the basic price of admission to the information economy, more than 40 percent of inmates lack a high school diploma. read more