Look at my Life: Access to Education for Incarcerated Youth in Toronto

Authors

  • Sarah Woods
  • Tina Nadia Gopal
  • Purnima George School of Social Work Ryerson University

Keywords:

social policy, education, youth on remand

Abstract

Abstract Drawing on the theoretical framework of human rights and Rights Based Approach (RBA), it is argued here that a lack of educational programs for remand inmates in Canada is a violation of their right to education. Reviewing correctional education research, associations between educational programs, recidivism and life outcomes, and a successful correctional education program in Toronto, this paper provides recommendations for policy change that must be enacted to remedy the human rights violation currently occurring in detention centres.

Author Biographies

Sarah Woods

Sarah Woods is the Research Co-ordinator of Amadeusz's Look At My Life Project

Tina Nadia Gopal

Tina Gopal is the founder of Amadeusz's Look At My Life Project

Purnima George, School of Social Work Ryerson University

Purnima George is Associate Professor at Ryerson School of Social Work

Published

2014-04-15

How to Cite

Woods, S., Gopal, T. N., & George, P. (2014). Look at my Life: Access to Education for Incarcerated Youth in Toronto. Canadian Review of Social Policy Revue Canadienne De Politique Sociale, (70). Retrieved from https://crsp.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/crsp/article/view/36760

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