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• Position: STATELINE - Governor Andrew Cuomo's college education offer to prisoners in New York - Brief article

New York lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are criticizing a proposal by Governor Andrew Cuomo to offer prisoners a college education. Cuomo argues giving inmates an education, at $5,000 per inmate per year, would save tax money in the long run because educated ex-offenders are much less likely to end up back in prison. But, as National Public Radio reported, even some members of the governor's own party hate the idea. Assemblywoman Addie Russell (D), whose district includes...