[BrainInAJar]

This reads a lot like Pearson Education & such just want an in on the wildly profitable private prison industry

[neutronicus]

What's the only boondoggle bigger than Higher Education in the United States?

[cuckcuckspruce]

I've not seen Pearson sniffing around the healthcare market.

[manquer]

Pearson does a lot of clinical assessments

[GCU-Empiricist]

If it cuts our cost by reducing recidivism, and reduces misery by reducing recidivism. then they are well entitles to the piece of the the budget pie they will earn.

[camgunz]

This is a smart point; we should be careful to not just turn this into another corrupt slush fund. Education for prisoners should have the same standards as education for any other American, full stop.