California women prisoners are learning to go “green” as they gain skills in garden design and environmental education through the award-winning … [Read more...]
Girls of color overlooked in the school to prison pipeline
Girls of color, particularly Black girls, often are overlooked in conversations about the school-to-prison pipeline, making them more likely to … [Read more...]
NY’s Hudson Link graduates women
Incarcerated women made history when they graduated for the first time from a prison college program in New York state. Five women prisoners and one … [Read more...]
Overview of inmate deaths in 2017 in CDCR
The thought of dying in prison is every inmate’s worst fear, be it the death from violence, old age or disease. It’s a nightmare. Nevertheless, … [Read more...]
Arizona's first Prison Education Program graduation
Educational ground was broken at an Arizona penitentiary when a group of inmates became the first graduates of the Arizona Prison Education Project … [Read more...]
22 Tennessee students graduates with Associate Degrees
After decades without a college prison program, 22 men at a Tennessee prison became the first class to graduate from a state penitentiary since the … [Read more...]
Female parolees’ hard road to successful re-entry
Following her parole, Davina, 50, got a temporary job on a website contract, but her parole officer insisted that she find full-time work because, he … [Read more...]
United States leads world in locking up women report
Individual states of the U.S., along with the federal government, lead the world in putting women behind bars, according to a 2017 report by the … [Read more...]
Program making chefs
DC Central Kitchen is a nonprofit catering and educational organization. Its focus is to provide careers through its culinary job training program for … [Read more...]
Protestant banquet honors Chaplain Mardi Jackson
The sounds of gospel shook San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel as it hosted more than 250 inmates and 60 guests at its Annual Christian Banquet to close … [Read more...]
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