This week, we look at the emergence of state coalitions for higher education in prison at a conference organized by the Colorado Coalition for Higher Education in prison.
Higher Ed in Prisons
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“No good time for you”: The recordkeeping problem keeping people locked up longer
More than two dozen states have expanded time credit laws in recent years. But a new study finds that poor technology and fragmented recordkeeping mean many incarcerated people don’t know what they’re owed — or whether they’ll get it.
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An inside look at college in Indiana Women’s Prison
Around 50 incarcerated women have earned degrees from Marian University since 2019.
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First person: “AmeriCorps gave me a bridge back to society. Then Trump cut the funding.”
Cuts to Americorps funding hit formerly incarcerated volunteers especially hard.
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Students find belonging in a Michigan prison
Artist Alvin Smith worked together with his fellow students in the Hope-Western Prison Education Program to put together this series of reflections on what it meant to see the college community embracing its students upon release.
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How San Francisco State is educating its students — and the community — about life after prison
A reentry simulation at San Francisco State University was designed to educate the campus and community about the challenges people face when rebuilding their lives after prison.
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Auburn University’s prison education program ‘indefinitely suspended’
Auburn University’s college program for incarcerated students was suspended indefinitely after the Alabama Department of Corrections barred college staff from entering the state prisons due to alleged security concerns.
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DePaul class inside Cook County jail brings together incarcerated and campus-based students
The Inside-Out program brings together campus-based students with incarcerated students for quarter-long courses. DePaul offers at least one of these classes at Cook County jail every quarter.
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College Inside and Prisoncast! team up to launch newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois
Charlotte West, Open Campus’s education and prisons reporter, has teamed up with Lauren Frost and Alex Keefe from WBEZ Chicago’s Prisoncast! project to create a quarterly print newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois.
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Here’s what the Education Department layoffs mean for higher education in prison
There are more questions than answers about how higher-education-in-prison programs will be affected given the unprecedented changes at the Education Department.