th less
             violence than prisons without educational programs. (Open Society
             Institute) It should be noted that even in prisons where a lack of
             qualified teachers exist and old textbooks are used, the process of
             receiving an education still "contributes to inmate rehabilitation"
             According to John Linton, inmates are educated in prison so they will be
             something other than inmates later in their lives. Most inmates are placed
             in prison with less education than the general population. Linton explains
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