text: prisoneducation_111_mac.jpg Inmate Paul Rodriguez, 39 enrolled in a AB-1 class, (adult basic Education), works on his daily assignments. CRC-California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, Ca. Nearly everyone agrees that the best way to address the overcrowding in California's prisons is to reduce the soaring recidivism rate, and that one of the best ways to get the rate down is to arm the more than 100,00 inmates who are functionally illiterate with a solid education. Educations programs in the prisons are badly underfunded and serve few of the inmates needing help. Too few classrooms,long waiting lists for getting into remedial programs. Event in, Norco, Ca, on 12/20/06. Photo by: Michael Macor/ San Francisco Chronicle Mandatory credit for Photographer and San Francisco Chronicle / Magazines Out