Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Dec 2004 Open Access

Learning Disabilites Among the Incarcarated

Terra White

Abstract

This essay examines the issue of learning disabilities among the incarcerated population. Studies show that approximately eleven percent of U.S. prison inmates self-report a learning disability, a rate nearly four times greater than that of the general U.S. population. The paper 1) addresses the obstacles in meeting this population’s needs, and 2) argues for the importance of quality educational programming that includes services to those with learning disabilities both to improve rehabilitation for incarcerated individuals while imprisoned and to decrease recidivism upon release.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2004-12-01
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10.59236/rjv4i1pp51-60
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