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Higher Ed in Prisons
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First Person: How I parent my college son while in prison
Parenting from behind bars is like an air traffic controller trying to fly a plane from the ground — you can relay information, but you miss the hands-on experience that matters most.
Q&A: Bill Keller on rehabilitation and the waste of human potential
Bill Keller, founding editor of the Marshall Project, talks with national reporter Charlotte West about his new book, "What’s Prison For?".
Two lifers on the role of college in prison: ‘I found a new habit. Education.’
New York Thomas and Suave Gonzalez talk about fighting the system and the role of education in prison when you think you’re never getting out.
Education often plays a big role in clemency decisions. Should it?
Johnny Pippins has already completed a master’s degree from prison. To pursue a Ph.D., he needs Illinois' governor to let him out early.
The last class, 28 years later
What happened to the last of the Pell Grant-funded prison higher ed graduates and their paralegal skills?
First Person: Prison programs don’t quench the thirst for higher education
Prison education programs designed to teach life skills and heal trauma sell young people short if they don't include college offerings.
Student loan defaults are a big barrier to prison education. The government is offering new help.
The Education Department announced that it will bring defaulted loans into good standing, which could significantly expand access.
A second chance for a juvenile lifer
A Q&A with Andrew Hundley, who was sentenced to life in prison at 15, about prison cowboys and the value of education behind the bars.
First Person: ‘I wonder about comeback stories. Danny’s might be one.’
Danny’s journey was not like mine. It took almost nine years and nine different prisons — violence, solitary, violence, solitary — before he would enroll in a college program.
Pursuing a Ph.D. from prison
Two years ago Brandon Brown became the first person to earn a graduate degree while incarcerated in the state of Maine. Here's how he ended up in a doctoral program.