About two-thirds of post-secondary institutions ask applicants to submit criminal history, according to The Crime Report. The Center for Community … [Read more...]
The formerly incarcerated face uphill battle with education and work
The formerly incarcerated are often relegated to the lowest rung of the educational ladder, a recent report concludes. Prisoners and former … [Read more...]
Reading Can Make You Free
How can I explain the joy that I set from reading? Words can’t explain it. Never the less here in my speech today I will express in human language … [Read more...]
GED class develops handcrafted DNA
In a classroom at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, inmate students had an opportunity to do something “outside the box.” Instead of the … [Read more...]
Exclusive screening ‘From Incarceration to Education’
University of California at Berkeley filmmakers visited San Quentin for an exclusive screening of “From Incarceration to Education,” an original … [Read more...]
Norco program provides more than just an education
Prisoners at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco are getting a higher education and earning time off their sentences through the Norco … [Read more...]
A path of criminal justice takes an educational turn
Corporate executives and administration officials have a high turnover rate, but secretaries tend to stick around, and some have interesting … [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...]
Education organizations trade ideas at national conference
Exchanging ideas on how to create educational opportunities for incarcerated people and reentry services was the topic of a national conference held … [Read more...]
Iowa elementary schools uses isolation as punishment
Elementary school children are being placed in makeshift prison cells. Multiple Iowa school districts are using this controversial isolation as … [Read more...]