them less violent, better off with their family and gives them a better chance to get a job in the future. It is also well known that it cost less to educate them, then to have them behind bars. This is especially concerning, because advocates of this program have pointed out that there are more African American males in prison than in college. These facts and many quotes such as from a young man in the program saying that spent his teen to his early twenties "on the outside" and that "Higher education has given me my humanity back.", show that there is a lot of hope for the program's future as long as they can keep the grants and funding coming. References External links NY prison information The Correctional Association of New York: Five Points Correctional Facility Prisons in New York (state) Seneca County, New York 2000 establishments in New York (state)