Inmates Teaching Inmates (1989)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1989-10-13
Duration: 00:08:01
Subjects: Prisons | PRISONERS | Education | Literacy
Contributors:
- Collins, Robert Host
- Nachman, Karen Reporter
- Arceneaux, Robert Interviewee
- Dugas, Russell Interviewee
- Francis, Wesley Interviewee
- Jack, Alton Interviewee
- Breaux, Don Interviewee
- Tatum, Tommy Interviewee
Description
This segment from the October 13, 1989, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Karen Nachman’s report on an adult education program at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center where inmates teach other inmates how to read or help them to earn a GED. Nachman reports that the prison has a 3% recidivism rate after enacting this program in 1984. She interviews: Robert Arceneaux, Lafayette adult education; Russell Dugas, LPCC education supervisor; Wesley Francis, inmate-tutor; Alton Jack, inmate-student; Lafayette Parish Sheriff Don Breaux; and Tommy Tatum, inmate-student. Host: Robert Collins