A new California law could improve higher education outcomes among the formerly incarcerated

For formerly incarcerated people like Christopher Barajas, higher education can improve the chances of staying out of prison. Among those who are educated, the chance of going back to prison is 43 percent lower than those who do not participate in education, according to a study by the RAND corporation. But depending on where individuals are sent for parole after prison, it may make continuing education harder. A new law in California is set to change that.