Resumen

JIMENEZ DURAN, José Isaac  y  STRICKLAND, Danielle. Empowered or disempowered? The effects of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program in Mexico. Diálogos sobre educ. Temas actuales en investig. educ. [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.16, 00010. ISSN 2007-2171.

This text opens with a critical analysis of the main problems facing Mexico’s penitentiary system. Next it considers educational opportunities for incarcerated people in Mexico to focus on the specific case experienced by the authors of this article through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program in the Reclusorio Metropolitano in Puente Grande, Jalisco during the first semester of 2017. The text ends with reflections regarding the possible reach of Inside-Out in Mexico and the general importance of education to reduce the high rates of recidivism and the context of delinquency that favors crime.

Palabras llave : prison education; Mexican penitentiary system; recidivism; corruption; Inside-Out.