Victoria Jones is just five feet three inches, but don’t let her diminutive stature fool you — she’s strong enough to take on an entire team of prisoners, and that’s exactly what she does several times a week. Jones is the coach of the Sinclair Community College women’s basketball team in Ohio. The college offers classes in seven
OREGON, WASHINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FLORIDA, AND UTAH ARE THE STATES SELECTED FOR THE PILOT PROJECT. Two tech companies are joining forces to launch a digital pilot program focusing on education, re-entry skills, and vocational programming for incarcerated youth. Endless was founded in 2012 with the mandate of making computing accessible around the globe, with or without an
STUDENTS FROM A WHITMAN COLLEGE AND INMATES AT WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY ARE LEARNING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS TOGETHER. Anthony Covert made a bad decision. At just 18 years of age, he had a disagreement with a peer over a girl. The two decided to duke it out, but Covert upped the ante by bringing a stolen gun
They may look hard to figure out for most, but a whole lot of raised dots are translating to new opportunities for a group of female inmates in New Hampshire. The state’s Department of Education has joined up with the New Hampshire Department of Corrections to teach a handful of female prisoners how to transcribe learning and
PEP WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ANIMAL THERAPY DOGS USED IN A PRISON SETTING. IN THE 1920S, INMATES AT EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY LEARNED THE CARE AND TRAINING OF PETS AS PART OF THEIR REHABILITATION. CREDIT: EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY. It’s the 1920s, and Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is both the biggest and the most expensive public
An innovative learning program that brings together incarcerated and traditional students is breaking down barriers and giving meaningful and transformative learning experiences to all involved. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program (IOPE) is a national initiative that launched nearly 20 years ago. This program brings together inmates with non-inmates, and the unique mix of students spend a semester
RECEIVING EDUCATION AND TRAINING BEHIND BARS CAN HELP PREVENT YOUTH FROM RE-ENTERING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE. America’s prison population began to spike in 1975. But why? Prior to that time, the incarceration rate was pretty level. Since the late 70s, though, prisons have become more packed each year. Longer sentences and expanded enforcement and
STATISTICS SHOW THAT NONWHITE AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF GOING FROM SCHOOL TO JAIL. (PHOTO CREDIT: PHILIP LACONTE, FLICKR) The “school-to-prison pipeline” describes the unfortunate trend of kids graduating not out of school, but rather into the criminal justice system. The pipeline effect is especially evident where large segments of the population are
By Christopher Zoukis In its waning days, Obama administration officials announced plans to expand education efforts in federal prisons and to provide more direction and oversight to the programs previously run separately at each facility. Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced in late November 2016 that for the first time, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
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A Michigan lawmaker is set on hobbling the school-to-prison pipeline in his state.
The forum was titled “How to Create a School-to-Success Continuum: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline.” Zemke has long been a strong supporter of education as a way to keep youth out of the prison system. He sponsored legislation signed into law last year that gives local schools more autonomy over harsh punitive decisions for students when it comes to things like suspension and expulsion. He asserts that schools should move away from the strict, zero-tolerance policies that he feels feed the school-to-prison pipeline.
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