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Guest: Prison education is a formula for success, and Oklahoma has all the right parts
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn recent years, Oklahoma has been among the nation’s leaders in its high rate of incarceration, and...
Tennessee has wide disparities in its prison education programs. Can new Pell grants help?
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn a bright yellow library behind the barbed wire gates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in...
Opinion: This prison education program helps inmates break out of defeating cycles
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUtah’s SLCC Prison Education Program helps inmates prepare for life after prison and reduces rates...
'I can’t ever give up': Tennessee inmates overcome one obstacle after another for degrees
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDa'maryious Dorsey and Miranda Jackson started community college braced for a challenge. After all,...
How training formerly incarcerated people helps stem the tide of recidivism | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere is a crisis in America around the issue of recidivism — that is, the issue of formerly...
'Modern day slavery': Lawmakers, advocates seek change after Republic prison labor investigation
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoReacting to an investigation by The Arizona Republic and KJZZ, lawmakers and advocates are calling...
She Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole. Teaching STEM Gave Her Purpose
Tech & Learning via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoA photo of Jessica Hicklin Chief Technology Officer. At only 16-years-old, Jessica Hicklin was...
Prison education programs ready to expand, but new Pell Grants slow to arrive
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMARYSVILLE, Ohio — The incarcerated women looked eager as they gathered outside the building where...
Valley State first HBCU to offer prison college program in Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIncarcerated people at two prisons in the Delta will be able to start earning four-year degrees from...
My poor decisions landed me in prison. Now I'm making the most of my second chance.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn the very last day of 2014, I was pardoned by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a crime I committed...