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Multiple Organizations Call for Education Department to Prioritize Pell Grant Restoration for Incarcerated Students

Prison Fellowship, a Christian nonprofit for prisoners, former prisoners and families and several other groups have submitted a letter Tuesday to Dr. Miguel Cardona, the U.S. secretary of education, asking that the Department of Education prioritize the implementation of Pell Grant restoration for incarcerated students. Signatories include the ACLU, College and Community Fellowship, the Consortium […]

May 18, 2021

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Report Provides Recommendations On Improving Outcomes for Formerly Incarcerated Students

The Campaign for College Opportunity’s latest report uses first-hand experiences of formerly incarcerated Californians to highlight the barriers faced during their transition from prison to postsecondary education.

February 4, 2021

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How Will the Coronavirus Change Higher Education for Incarcerated Students?

Like the rest of the higher education landscape, college programs in prisons across the country have had to rethink how they teach their students in the midst of the coronavirus.

May 14, 2020

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Texas Inmates Graduate from Austin Community College

Friends and family gathered at Lockhart Correctional Facility in Texas to watch 14 women – 13 inmates and one former inmate – graduate from Austin Community College’s certified production technician program. The class was the first for incarcerated women funded by Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, a Texas organization for recruitment and employment services. The […]

August 26, 2019

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The Benefits of Lifting the Federal Pell Ban for Incarcerated People

Greater access to a postsecondary education due to Pell Grant awards would equip incarcerated individuals with the job skills they need to compete in the workforce, increase formerly incarcerated individuals’ employment rates and earnings and reduce recidivism, saving states a combined $365.8 million in prison costs each year. That’s the findings of a new study from the Vera Institute of Justice and the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality (GCPI).

January 15, 2019