Prison Garden Program Goes to Roots of Offender Reformation

Jun 8, 2018 No Comments

Physical, mental, and manual labor is good for your health in balanced circumstances. In Oakland, California, they are using physical work to provide job skills training to offenders and ex-offenders. By partnering with the San Quentin State Prison’s Insight Garden Program, the non-profit organization Planting Justice transforms prisoners’ lives through a connection to nature. The

Department of Justice Finds Higher Recidivism Rates for State-Released Inmates

Jun 8, 2018 No Comments

The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has taken a new look at recidivism rates for inmates released from state correctional institutions; the new study found recidivism rates over longer periods of time are higher than previously thought. Its new analysis, “2018 Update on Prisoner Recidivism: A 9-Year Follow-up Period (2005-2014),” essentially updates

Will Congress, Administration Let Inmate Pell Grants Expire This Year?

May 3, 2018 No Comments

The Higher Education Act of 1965 created the Pell Grant program, designed to help low-income students afford college; an amendment to that law in 1972 explicitly made inmates eligible to apply for Pell Grants, now the federal government’s largest educational assistance program for college students. But a provision added by Congress to a 1994 crime

Can Early Education Funding Prevent Crime?

Apr 12, 2018 No Comments

In early April, law enforcement members and members of the Chester County state legislative delegation met to discuss the impact pre-K funding could have on future crime.Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, one of the committees in the Council for a Strong America network, is a non-profit, bipartisan organization made up of law enforcement, retired military

Should Prisoners Be Eligible for the Pell Grant?

Mar 22, 2018 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis The connection between education and the likelihood of prisoners returning to prison upon release is clear. According to various studies, prisoners who become educated stay crime-free in the community longer than those who don’t, and the higher the education received, the less the chance of recidivism. However, there is one major issue

Notes from the Field is a Fresh Look at the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Mar 15, 2018 No Comments

By Christopher Zoukis You may know Anna Deavere Smith from her television roles on The West Wing and Nurse Jackie, but for more than two decades, the actress, playwright and performer has been writing and performing plays that explore race, justice, and class inequality in America. Now her work, Notes from the Field, takes on

Female Prisoners Learn How to Code

Mar 8, 2018 No Comments

Historically, careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math have been overwhelmingly held by men, but in recent years there has been a continued push to have women take notice of these careers as well. Known as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), these positions require higher education and advanced training, and these

At-risk youth and "returning citizens" supported by MADE

Feb 1, 2018 No Comments

A hand-up — not a handout. That’s the philosophy behind Leon EL-Alamin’s M.A.D.E. Institute. Launched in 2015, the nonprofit organization provides an alternative to prison, with several programs offering disenfranchised people the skills they need to help them succeed. M.A.D.E. stands for money, attitude, direction, and education – tools prisoners need upon release from their

Former Inmate Returns to Prison for Graduation

Jan 25, 2018 No Comments

Russell Hawthorne, or Rusty to his inner circle, had been released from Coffee Correctional Facility in Nicholls, Georgia — but he returned— gladly. He didn’t go back to being behind bars. He went back to join his graduating class and receive his welding certificate. While incarcerated, the prison education program he went through did precisely

Prison program cooks up opportunity for inmates

Jan 11, 2018 No Comments

America likes to play with its food. Chopped, Food Network Star, Cutthroat Kitchen – there is no shortage of entertainment on television when it comes to mixing ingredients and drama together. For the inmates of Folsom Women’s Facility, however, food has an entirely different meaning. It’s not about fun, drama, or competition. It’s about opportunities,

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Prison Garden Program Goes to Roots of Offender Reformation

Department of Justice Finds Higher Recidivism Rates for State-Released Inmates

Will Congress, Administration Let Inmate Pell Grants Expire This Year?

Can Early Education Funding Prevent Crime?

Should Prisoners Be Eligible for the Pell Grant?

Notes from the Field is a Fresh Look at the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Female Prisoners Learn How to Code

At-risk youth and "returning citizens" supported by MADE

Former Inmate Returns to Prison for Graduation

Prison program cooks up opportunity for inmates

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