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23 sie 2023 · This doc (224 minutes over 4 parts), directed by Lynn Novick, shines a light on a unique pursuit: higher education in prison. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) offers inmates a chance at college degrees.
6 gru 2021 · Reformers’ belief that education and dialogue benefited incarcerated people and society at large set an important precedent for future higher education behind bars. The first bonafide college-in-prison programs arose in the early 20th century.
12 lis 2024 · CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — In less than 15 minutes, Michael Mariscal validated why a team of officials at Cal Poly Humboldt have spent more than three years trying to set up the first bachelor’s degree program at a maximum-security prison in California. This story also appeared in CalMatters.
22 lis 2019 · The documentary – by Lynn Novick and produced by Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns – offers a rare, up-close look at how offering higher education in a correctional facility can change lives.
Through the lens of equity, the Alliance seeks to provide information and resources essential to the field of higher education in prison so programs can deliver quality education to all currently and formerly incarcerated students.
28 sie 2019 · This Perspective summarizes what is known about the effectiveness of educational programs for incarcerated adults, focusing on college programs and the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative, and lays out a roadmap of where to go from here.
Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison provides college education, life skills, and reentry support for current and formerly incarcerated people to help them make a positive impact on their own lives, their families and communities, resulting in lower rates of recidivism, incarceration, and poverty. Learn MoreDonate.
