If we set this up so that inmates who are eligible for parole, nonviolent offenders, do not have a high school degree or have a high school degree, if they earn their high school degree, they earned a vocational degree or a 2-year degree, they would be immediately eligible for parole.
Gary Palmer: “If we set this up so that inmates who are eligible for parole, nonviolent offenders, do not have a high school degree or…”
On the recordJuly 13, 2015
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Palmer suggests educational incentives for nonviolent offenders to reduce recidivism and promote rehabilitation.
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