Walls are usually built to keep people out. Fortunately for me, my Partakers’ mentoring team is comprised of special individuals who are not so easily deterred. In fact, if I had access to positive role models like the men and women on my team when I was younger, I would never had ended up in prison in the first place.
~Partakers Graduate
Why Our Work Matters
Partakers’ success rate demonstrates a 2% recidivism rate.
Students who have graduated from the Partakers College Behind Bars Program show a 2% recidivism rate. Past studies show a 6-year national average of 79%**
*Massachusetts has a three-year recidivism rate of 32%.
(MA. Department of Corrections)
***Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Ninety-seven percent of people in prison return to society, yet only ten percent receive substantial rehabilitative programming while in prison.
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A person’s chances of succeeding once they leave prison increase exponentially if they have a college degree and mentoring.
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Of the 80,000 women now imprisoned, about seventy percent are non-violent offenders. Seventy-five percent have children.
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1 in 50 Children in the United States has a parent in prison
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Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons across the country at nearly five times the rate of whites, and Latinx people are 1.3 times as likely to be incarcerated than non-Latinx whites.*
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At the current rate, one in twenty Americans will be incarcerated at some point in their lives.
Unlocking College: Strengthening Massachusetts’ Commitment to College in Prison
I am standing here today to show that what you do pays dividends…this can change the world!
~ Partakers Graduate
