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Tennessee has wide disparities in its prison education programs. Can new Pell grants help?
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn a bright yellow library behind the barbed wire gates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in...
Prison education programs ready to expand, but new Pell Grants slow to arrive
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMARYSVILLE, Ohio — The incarcerated women looked eager as they gathered outside the building where...
Gunnigle, Mitchell: Maricopa County attorney candidates talk abortion, incarceration rates
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo candidates with differing attitudes toward the criminal justice system are running to lead one...
Former Oklahoma House Speaker wants to go back to Square One on criminal justice
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMcLOUD — Kris Steele keeps pushing a giant boulder up a huge mountain. The boulder, however, is...
Newsom’s $380M San Quentin State Prison revamp is underway. Here are some of the details
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLawmakers and activists initially balked at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to use $380 million to build a...
New federal rule helps prison inmates pay for college. Here’s how California will benefit
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn January, Michael Love was released from prison after 35 years. Four months later he returned, but...
At Stateville maximum security prison, first group of prisoners earns college degrees from...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBefore Sheila Bedi starts her law school class, the Northwestern University professor’s nearly 20...
From inmate to student: Yale, University of New Haven program graduates first class
Yahoo News via AOL· 12 months agoGraduates Alpha Jalloh, left, and Marcus Harvin, right, embrace at the first-ever college graduation...
Battle for racial equality persists as Biden commemorates 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board
theGrio via AOL· 1 month ago“We know 70 years after Brown v. Board, there are some forces trying to deny freedom of opportunity...
How giving formerly incarcerated people a second chance benefits employers | Opinion
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe month of April is historically recognized as Second Chance Month — a time to raise public...