Sisyphus No More presents compelling psychological, sociological, ethical, and financial grounds for providing more and better education and training to our incarcerated population. The arguments show that education and training programs humanize prisoners, support their reintegration into society and securing a living-wage job.

• Contents
• Preface
• Part I: Understanding the Situation
  • 1 Getting Our Bearings
  • 2 Who’s in Prison?
  • 3 The Many Costs of Incarceration
  • 4 The Tolls of Reentering Society
  • 5 Prison Education in the United States
• Part II: Reducing Recidivism
  • 6 The Psychological Argument
  • 7 The Sociological Argument
  • 8 The Ethical Argument
  • 9 The Financial Argument
  • 10 Today’s Trailblazers in Prison Education
  • 11 Work to Be Done
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Authors