Correctional Education Association

About This Association

The correctional education movement began in 1789, when clergyman William Rogers first offered instruction at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Jail. The warden was worried that a riot might result from the revolutionary innovation, so he required that two guards attend the meeting with a loaded cannon aimed directly at the convict students. Everything was peaceful, of course. This incident is indicative of the struggle that has characterized teaching within prison walls ever since. Nevertheless, adult and juvenile correctional education have been on the "cutting edge" of publicly funded education for nearly 200 years, as the following paragraphs demonstrate.

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Conventions

Internationl Conference

Specialties:

1. Education

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