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New York Prisoners Beat HarvardDebate Team

Preparationisthekeytomostthingsinlife,andnowhereisthatmoretruethanin

competitiveacademicdebates.Acaseinpointisarecentdebateinwhichateamof

NewYorkstateprisonersconvictedforviolentcrimessurprisinglybeatateamofwell

regardedHarvardundergraduates.

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Thewinningdebaters(http://www.wsj.com/articles/anunlikelydebateprisonvs

harvard1442616928)werestudentsattheBardPrisonInitiative,aprogramofferinga

challengingcollegeexperiencetoinmatesattheEasternNewYorkCorrectional

Facility.Theprogram,runbyBardCollegeinAnnandaleonHudson,NewYorkhas

beenworkingforalmost15yearstogiveasecondchancetofelonswillingtowork

hardandtryandcreateabetterlife.

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Therathercontroversialtopicoflastweek'sdebatewas:Resolved:Publicschoolsin

theUnitedStatesshouldhavetheabilitytodenyenrollmenttoundocumented

students.TheBPIteamwasdebatinginfavoroftheresolution,andtheHarvardteam

wasthe"negative"side.

CarlosPolanco,a31yearoldfromQueensconvictedofmanslaughter,commented

followingthedebatethathewouldneverwanttobarachildfromschoolandwas

extremelygratefulhewasablepursueaBarddiploma.Wehavebeengracedwith

opportunity,hesaid.Theymakeusbelieveinourselves.

JudgeMaryNugent,theleaderofapanelofexperiencedjudgesforthedebate,noted

thattheBPIteammadeastrongcasethatalargenumberoftheschoolsattendedby

undocumentedchildrenwereperformingsopoorlythatstudentswerebeing

warehousedinsteadofeducated.Theyarguedthatifthesedropoutfactorieswith

overcrowdedclassroomsandinsufficientfundingdeniedthesechildrenadmission,

theninthevastmajorityofcasesyouwouldseenonprofitsandwealthierschoolsstep

inandprovideahigherqualityeducationfortheseundocumentedkids.

NugentwentontopointoutthattheHarvardCollegedebatingteamdidnotrespond

toagoodbitofthatargument,butnotedthatbothsidesputonanexcellentdebate.

TheHarvardteamadmittedtheywereimpressedbythepreparationoftheBPIteam

andthesurprisingandeffectiveargument.Theycaughtusoffguard,explained

AnaisCarell,ajuniorfromtheWindyCity.

Ofnote,theprisondebatingteamhaditsfirstdebateinearly2014,overcominga

teamfromtheU.S.MilitaryAcademy.Initsseconddebate,theBPIdebaterswon

againstanationallyrankedteamfromtheUniversityofVermont,butearlierthis

spring,theylostacloserematchagainstWestPoint.

TheBPIdebateteamisoperatingatasignificantdisadvantageintermsofresearch.

That'sbecauseInmatescantusetheInternetforresearch.Prisonofficialsmust

approveallrequestsforbooksandarticles,whichoftentakesweeks.

Debate was not riggedNugenthighlightedthatwhileitmightseemtheywouldbebiasedtovoteforthe

prisonersteam,allthreejudgesmustjustifytheirvotestoeachotherbasedon

exactingrulesandstandards.

Wereallhuman,shenoted.Idontthinkwecaneverjudgedevoidofcontextor

whereweare,buttheideatheywouldwinoutofsympathyisplayingintopretty

misguidedideasaboutinmates.Theiracademicabilityisimpressive.

More on Bard Prison InitiativeTheBardPrisonInitiativewaslaunchedin2001,andisdesignedtoprovideliberal

artseducationstotalented,motivatedinmates.BPIadministratorsreportthatcloseto

10inmatesapplyforeveryspotintheprogram,andtheapplicationprocessincludes

bothwrittenessaysandaseriesofinterviews.



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TheBPIprogramdoesnotchargeanytuition.Ithasabudgetofcloseto$2.5milliona

year,allfromprivatedonors,andthatfigureincludesasignificantsumofmoneythat

BPIisinvestingtohelpprisonsandcollegesdevelopsimilarprogramsinnineother

states.

AccordingtorecordskeptbytheadministratorsofBPI,todateover300alumniofthe

programhaveearneddegreeswhileincustody,andlessthan2%returnedtoprison

withinthreeyears(thegenerallyacceptedtimeframeformeasuringprison

recidivism).

KeepinmindthatinNewYorkstateasawhole,morethan40%ofthosereleased

fromcustodyeventuallywindupbackinprison.Thenumberonereasonexoffenders

endupbackinjailisparoleviolations,basedondatafromtheNewYorkDepartment

ofCorrectionsandCommunitySupervision.

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