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What RAND Says About Prison Education: Evidence-Based Findings That Transform Criminal Justice Policy

Dec 27, 2018 No Comments

RAND prison education research proves education reduces recidivism and boosts employment—here’s what the data shows. The RAND Corporation’s landmark research on correctional education has fundamentally reshaped how policymakers, correctional administrators, and federal criminal defense attorneys understand the role of education in reducing recidivism and improving post-release outcomes. This analysis draws from RAND’s comprehensive meta-analysis, Government

School to Prison Pipeline | Pipeline to Prison

Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline: Statistics, Facts, and Evidence-Based Solutions

Dec 20, 2018 No Comments

The school to prison pipeline represents a disturbing national trend where children are funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems through harsh disciplinary policies and increased police presence in schools. Drawing from federal data, Department of Justice reports, academic research, and civil rights analyses, this comprehensive examination reveals how

Highlights from the Prison Education Project’s Spring Evaluation Report

Dec 13, 2018 No Comments

The Prison Education Project (PEP) utilizes faculty volunteers and university students to provide education in 12 California correctional institutions. PEP has reached 6,000 inmates since 2011, making this initiative the most extensive volunteer-based prison education program in America. The ultimate goal of PEP is to flip the school-to-prison pipeline around, creating instead a prison-to-school pipeline

The First Step Act: A Good First Step Indeed!

Dec 6, 2018 No Comments

If it passes, the First Step Act will dramatically change life for thousands of inmates in America and will tackle, head-on, some of the problems that lead people to prison and keep them there. Many long-overdue items in the Act include banning the shackling of pregnant and postpartum women (was a woman in labor ever

Northwestern Prison Education Program Encourages Contemplation

Nov 22, 2018 No Comments

Recently, we discussed the positive role liberal arts education has in prisons. Today, we look closer at the Northwestern Prison Education Program, which provides tuition-free liberal arts degrees to Illinois Stateville Correctional Center (SCC) inmates. Northwestern launched as an institution for higher learning in 1855. Five years prior, nine men sat down together to plan

No “Making up for Lost Time” When a Prison Cuts Education Short

Nov 15, 2018 No Comments

Ah, prison! That place where men and women go to realize the error of their ways and become fully rehabilitated. It’s where education is offered, training in life skills is provided, and community-minded citizens help with reintegration programs, right? What we just described is the idealized version of the American prison system. Sadly, far from

Why Teach Liberal Arts in Prison?

Nov 8, 2018 No Comments

Liberal arts. Anyone studying this subject is frequently acquainted with an eye roll followed by, “And how are you supposed to get a job with that?” Liberal arts have a bad rap, and that is highly underserved. The truth is, liberal arts is among one of the oldest courses of study in the world! While

What is the Prison Studies Project?

Nov 1, 2018 No Comments

The Prison Studies Project (PSP) is an initiative that created a nationwide directory of higher education prison programs in the United States. The index was completed in 2008 and is updated regularly. The project was completed in partnership with the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice. According to PSP’s website, “PSP aims to

New Grant to Support Prison Education in New York State

Oct 4, 2018 No Comments

The Cornell Prison Education Program (CPEP) provides college degree courses for persons in upstate New York prisons. Believing that “any person can find instruction in any study,” the leaders of CPEP see this education as a fundamental part of any successful re-entry program. CPEP was launched after an act of Congress, and the resulting legislation

Congress Weighs Future of Second Chance Pell Grants

Sep 27, 2018 No Comments

In 1994, as part of the Clinton-era tough-on-crime Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, Congress stripped from the Higher Education Act of 1956 (HEA) prisoners’ eligibility for federal Pell grants for lower-income students. But in July 2015, the Obama Department of Education (DOE) created a pilot Second Chance program under a different HEA section to

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What RAND Says About Prison Education: Evidence-Based Findings That Transform Criminal Justice Policy

Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline: Statistics, Facts, and Evidence-Based Solutions

Highlights from the Prison Education Project’s Spring Evaluation Report

The First Step Act: A Good First Step Indeed!

Northwestern Prison Education Program Encourages Contemplation

No “Making up for Lost Time” When a Prison Cuts Education Short

Why Teach Liberal Arts in Prison?

What is the Prison Studies Project?

New Grant to Support Prison Education in New York State

Congress Weighs Future of Second Chance Pell Grants

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