The Pitzer Family Education Foundation says it’s in desperate need of funding to continue its programs that have helped ...

For the last 2 and a half years in prison, Clement has been working toward a degree in sociology with SUNY Potsdam. Thursday, ...

Few states offer inmates the opportunity to earn a college degree. May 27, 2013— -- Right now, taxpayers spend up to $70 billion each year to house the nation's two to three million prisoners.

Martel Stevens, a participant in the R.I.S.E. program, cuts customer Buck Francis’ hair on Monday, July 28, 2025. The program trains inmates in barbering and cosmetology so they have job-training ...

In 1994, former President Bill Clinton passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, often considered the most far-reaching crime law in U.S. history. The act ended Pell Grants – federal ...

Prison education programs offer a substantial return on investment by reducing recidivism and increasing employment rates among former inmates. Key policy recommendations include automatic enrollment ...

Statistics, Philosophy of Great Ideas, Environment and Society -Boston University professor Robert Cadigan teaches these courses as part of a standard college curriculum, with one particular ...

After being arrested for an unlawful altercation, Darnell Epps ’21 and his brother Darryl served 17-and-a-half years in prison. They had “little reason to be optimistic,” they told the Cornell ...

Twenty-three incarcerated women at Chino’s CIW earned bachelor’s degrees via Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative, making history in higher education.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo assigned $7.3 million in a grant to Cornell and five other New York colleges to accommodate an additional 500 to 600 inmates for college-level in-prison classrooms, he may ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is on the right track in working to increase inmates’ future job prospects and reduce recidivism by offering them the opportunity to take classes while locked up. A ...

Close to 200 people are expected to start the Prison Education Program, known as PEP, at three prisons across the state this August, signifying growth for a program that aims to give second chances to ...