In the second part of the American Recovery Series, I discuss the Prison spending versus Education spending and the importance of Education as a means to curve the prison population.

Below are the resources I used for the podcast:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/prison#ref952070

https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/02/12/whats-the-purpose-of-education-in-the-21st-century/

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/purpose-education

https://www.britannica.com/topic/punishment/Rehabilitation

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/01/2021-18800/annual-determination-of-average-cost-of-incarceration-fee-coif

https://www.vera.org/publications/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends/price-of-prisons-2015-state-spending-trends-prison-spending

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=66

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/public-school-spending-per-pupil.html

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ecp.pdf

https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372

https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/mortgages/articles/americans-spend-an-average-of-1784-a-month-on-housing-but-these-tricks-could-help-you-spend-less/

https://www.crimeinamerica.net/offender-recidivism-and-reentry-in-the-united-states/

In this episode challenge the status quo of how we approach these topics and offer a solution to these problems.

Resources:

Unicor.gov

Investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/4-ways-outsourcing-damages-industy.aspx

Businessreview.berkeley.edu/profiting-off-of-prison-labor/amp

Endhomelessness.org

Voa.org/homelessness-and-prisoner-reentry

Usich.gov/resources/uploads/asset_library/Ending_Chronic_Homelessness_in_2017.pdf

In this episode I interview Poetic the Spoken Word Artist and get some tips and tricks on some natural things we can do to stay healthy during this pandemic.