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Peter Stein urges online courses for longer‑stay inmates as low‑cost reentry option
Summary
At a Tompkins County CJ ATI meeting, Peter Stein outlined a data‑driven plan to target inmates with longer stays for self‑paced online education (GED, computer literacy, job skills) as a low‑cost reentry strategy; members flagged supervision, equipment and eligibility hurdles.
Peter Stein presented a data-driven argument that a distinct subgroup of jail inmates — those serving longer periods — could benefit from structured online education and reentry courses.
Stein told the task force he visited the county jail and was struck by conditions, saying he saw people “like caged animals” walking “aimlessly back and forth.” He described analyzing discharge records and plotting cumulative days-in-jail. The chart, he said, showed a total population near 75 and roughly 30 people who will be in custody four months or more — a cohort he described as a feasible target for…
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