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Costa Rica’s education minister distances himself from Laura Fernández’s prison-visit plan: “No one learns through fear”

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Education Minister Leonardo Sánchez rejected the idea that students need to visit a prison to learn about the penitentiary system.
  • He said visits to a maximum-security prison remain far from becoming reality and argued for a preventive approach.
  • Sánchez said, “No one learns through fear.”

Costa Rica’s Education Minister Leonardo Sánchez has distanced himself from Laura Fernández’s proposal to take students to prisons.

Sánchez said students do not need to visit a prison to understand the penitentiary system. He also said visits to a maximum-security facility remain far from becoming reality and expressed support for a preventive strategy.

“No one learns through fear,” Sánchez said.

No one learns through fear.

· Leonardo SánchezCosta Rica’s education minister rejected prison visits as a way to teach students about the penitentiary system.
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