Michelle Jones From Prison

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Topic: To what extent is Article titled” From Prison to Ph.D: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones” a study in the liberating qualities of education
Introduction: Currently, in as much as the United States crime statistics is concerned, there are roughly, around 2,220,300 adults incarcerated for both violent and non-violent crimes. Of these prison populace, nearly 77%, released from prison would be back in jail within 5 years, reinforcing the theory that once a jailbird, always a jailbird.
Criminal Recidivism is indeed one of the occupational hazards of prison stays, however this may not always be the case. Taking, for instance, the criminal case of Michelle Jones, who was convicted of killing her 4-year-old-son, which may not follow common recidivistic crime patterns. Jones made
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The saddest part of Jones’s story is that she was rejected by every school she applied in, because she understated her true involvement in the felony.
Indeed the liberating qualities of education is tempered by past deeds which needs to be condoned or forgiven if Jones’s life and career prospect needs to henceforth, move the way she wished it to move on.
Essay theme statement: School policies are principally committed to recruit and enroll students from all backgrounds and diversity constructs, in their bid to create, sustain and uphold inclusive, integrative and diverse school environment thus facilitating for all kinds of students. However, this may not be ardently practiced in all cases, as the Jones’s case has revealed.
Arguments: While on the one hand, Jones has indeed paid for her ‘lapses’ by serving jail time and also , putting her past back behind her, through rehab and higher education, institutions do hold discretionary powers on selections which may not be amenable to flexibility, accommodation or condonement, on the