Scrapping Cowansville prison’s education program short-sighted 

The decision to scrap the CÉGEP program is wrongheaded. Many prisoners say higher learning changed the way they saw society, and helped them understand how to contribute after serving their sentences, writes Senator Bernadette Clement.
The safer communities we crave lie in effective rehabilitation and in-prison education helps reach that goal, writes Senator Bernadette Clement, who argues against the closure of the CÉGEP program at Quebec’s Cowansville prison.

If we want safer streets, we can’t ignore what happens once someone is incarcerated—and what they need before they’re released.

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