Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate …

- Bobby Scott

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

- Bobby Scott

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

- Bobby Scott

Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and…

- Bobby Scott

The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

- Bobby Scott

No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college…

- Bobby Scott

And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, an…

- Bobby Scott

We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spi…

- Bobby Scott

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportuniti…

- Bobby Scott