This reform idea was first introduced by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. To support his claim, Woodman shares statistics showing that having a college degree rather than a high school diploma increases a person's chances of getting hired by 50%. He argues that if college education were offered to prisoners, they would gain an advantage in the job market, especially because major colleges and universities do not produce graduates for the most in-demand fields. “They won't care that your degree is from Sing Sing University, not the University of Phoenix,” he says in relation to North Dakota's need for engineers. Offering more job opportunities to ex-offenders would give them what Woodman calls an anchor