Stop crime - learn to read!

I was doing some independent research for a newsletter article for my day job when I found this:

LITERACY STATISTICS & JUVENILE COURT:

• 85% of all juveniles who interface with the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate
• More than 60% of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate.
• Penal institution records show that inmates have a 16% chance of returning to prison if they receive literacy help, as opposed to 70% who receive no help. This equates to taxpayer costs of $25,000 per year per inmate and nearly double that amount for juvenile offenders.
• Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states, "The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America's prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.

So help keep the streets clean and safe and spread the word about our shirts and totes because, clearly, Grammar Matters!