A first-year law student has a message for incarcerated parents: “Become someone your kid can brag about.”
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Georgia State to end prison education
Officials cited the administrative challenges of securing federal financial aid, as well as a $24 million budget shortfall.
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Georgia State University pulls the plug on prison education
It’s blaming a budget shortfall and federal rules for the return of Pell Grants for the decision.
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An incarcerated instructor taught that Jim Crow literacy tests were racist. Then he was fired.
The instructor was teaching a peer-led civics class that Illinois provides for people leaving prison. He’s now suing in federal court.
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‘You see it in their heart’: How this Ivy Tech program is giving formerly incarcerated students a second chance
After the job rejections piled up, Patrick Mix found his second chance at an Ivy Tech job fair.
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Illinois state senator provides incarcerated men a chance to shape policies that impact them
Rachel Ventura became the first state lawmaker in Illinois to offer a legislative internship behind bars.
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Why WA officials pulled secure laptops from 1,200 incarcerated students
When Wenting Zhang bought a clear plastic laptop on eBay, he had no idea about the chain of events he would kick off.
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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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EPCC to launch welding courses for La Tuna inmates this spring
This is the latest effort between the two entities to prepare people who are incarcerated to transition back into society.