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NY’s Hudson Link graduates women

April 22, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Back row: Representatives from Hudson Link, DOCCS, and Nyack College. Front row: Taconic graduates

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...]

Filed Under: Featured

Overview of inmate deaths in 2017 in CDCR

April 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Chart of the top seven causes of death in 2016, where 334 inmate died in CA. 325 men and nine women

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...]

Filed Under: Most Read Tagged With: cdcr, Deaths

Arizona's first Prison Education Program graduation

April 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

First graduating class spring 2017

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...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION Tagged With: Marcia Klotz, University of Arizona

22 Tennessee students graduates with Associate Degrees

April 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Tennessee class of 2017 celebrating receiving their Associates 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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Nashville State, Tennessee Department of Correction, Tennessee Higher Education Initiative, THEI, Turney Center Industrial Complex

Female parolees’ hard road to successful re-entry

April 18, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Woman in re-entry housing facility

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...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: incarcerated women, Starting Over, University of California at Riverside

United States leads world in locking up women report

March 25, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

A woman sitting in one of the United States’ many jail cells around the country

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...]

Filed Under: Featured

Program making chefs

March 20, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

DC Central Kitchen class in session

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Protestant banquet honors Chaplain Mardi Jackson

March 19, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

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...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chaplain Mardi Ralph Jackson, Profiles, San Quentin’s Protestant Chapel, The Praise and Worship Team, Well Christian Community Church

Education organizations trade ideas at national conference

February 16, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

Jody Lewen addressing the audience while former students Dmitry Orlov and David Cowan listen

Exchanging ideas on how to create educational opportunities for incarcerated people and reentry services was the topic of a national conference held … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION, Featured Tagged With: Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, Amy Jamgochian, Jody Lewen, Life After Life, Prison University Project, PUP, The Marshall Project, The Return

Latter-day Saints celebrate Christ

February 15, 2018 by Marcus Henderson

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The Perry family is a durable group of volunteers that brings the teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Addiction Recovery Counseling (ARC), LDS Church, Religious Programs

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