Rachel Ventura became the first state lawmaker in Illinois to offer a legislative internship behind bars.
Higher Ed in Prisons
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I’m an atheist. Here’s why I enrolled in a prison seminary.
Phillip Vance Smith doesn’t believe in God, but he wanted an education.
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An engineer bought a prison laptop on eBay. Then 1,200 incarcerated students lost their devices.
Students said they were given little information about when and if the devices would be returned, and many wondered if they’d lose access to the work they saved.
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After 27 years in prison, a 54-year-old is now getting his Ph.D.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker commuted Johnny Pippins’s sentence. Now he’s adjusting to campus life at the University of Iowa.
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College in prison? In Florida, not so much.
Only around 326 students are enrolled in college programs in Florida prisons That’s only a tiny fraction of the more than 80,000 people incarcerated in the state.
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How this Vietnam vet started a college program at a desert prison
James “Sneaky” White started a college program for veterans in the California desert.
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How training in the trades is helping women succeed after prison
It helps combat a monumental challenge formerly incarcerated people face: finding jobs with decent wages in fields that will actually employ people with prison records.
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Incarcerated people are rarely hired for outside jobs. A teaching gig changed my life.
Leo Hylton had the rare opportunity to leave prison for something other than a court date. He got to meet his students on campus.
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First person: ‘How getting access to a computer changed my education in prison—and my future.’
I never owned a computer. after 17 years in prison, I finally have my own.
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A virtual lifeline or a digital babysitter? What it’s actually like to use tablets in prison
We surveyed more than 80 people about their experiences with the devices, which are pitched as educational and entertainment tools.