LearnBonds Poll: Britons split over student loans for prisoners
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
LONDON--The UK is narrowly divided over whether prisoners should be able to take out student loans to pay for degrees, according to an exclusive poll by LearnBonds. Just under 42 per cent of British people either strongly agree or somewhat agree that “long-term prisoners should be allowed to take out student loans during their sentences to pay for degree courses”. However, it also found that 38.5 per cent of the public either strongly disagree or somewhat disagree with the right of inmates to take out these loans. Just under 20 per cent were undecided. The poll follows a recent report which said improving inmates' education would cut reoffending rates and reduce overall prison costs, according to the Open University and thinktank the Higher Education Policy... Read more →