What Those Locked Away Deserve: The Value Of Giving Tablets To People Incarcerated At Rikers
In early November, following reports of increasingly dangerous and inhumane conditions at the city jails on Rikers Island, I joined a group of business leaders for a tour of the facilities led by Correction Commissioner Vincent Schiraldi and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez. The purpose was to better understand the hard choices that policymakers face around […]
Improving Prison Education Will Require Much More Than Lifting The Ban On Pell
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced it was inviting more institutions to participate in the Second Chance Pell experiment, a program first piloted during the Obama administration that allows a select number of approved colleges and universities to support incarcerated learners through Pell Grant funds. The change would allow as many as 200 two- […]
Formerly Incarcerated Turns Author And Artist Prepares Others For Transformation
Based on his 2019 book, Chris Wilson offers insight into building successful strategies for reentry in a new interactive course. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, October 20, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Chris Wilson, author of The Master Plan: My Journey from Life in Prison to a Life of Purpose, today launched an interactive […]
Washington Must Atone For Its Legacy Of Mass Incarceration
In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden pledged to combat the sting of systemic racism, boldly promising that the “dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer.” He took his first steps toward making good on that promise by signing a slew of executive orders focused on equity — including directing the U.S. […]
Second Chances: Why Providing Pell Grants For Prison Inmates Is A Sound Investment
This year gives about 463,000 of the more than 2 million Americans behind bars — and President-elect Joe Biden — a chance at a fresh start. Buried deep in Congress’ latest COVID-19 relief deal is a provision that would allow the incarcerated the chance to better themselves, and their communities, through higher education. For almost […]
Re-envisioning Education In Correctional Facilities
Today, 2.3 million people sit in prisons or jails. Research suggests that those who participate in well-rounded education programs are 43% less likely to commit another crime after release than those who do not. But—while people in prison have widely varying learning needs—many inmates are unable to access any education at all, and what programming […]
Education Behind Bars: Helping Prisoners Find Purpose
Host Vince Molinari interviews Harris Ferrell, CEO of APDS (American Prison Data Systems, PBC) about his technology company helping educate prisoners across the country … Read More
