New research from Grinnell College finds that well-intentioned prison education programs may have unintended outcomes.

A three-year $750,000 grant awarded to the Michigan College Access Network aims to strengthen and expand education programs ...

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For every person enrolled in higher education at Illinois prisons, someone else is waiting for their turn, according to new state data that reveals a system where access to college depends largely on ...

The state’s consent decree with the Community Legal Aid Society will be monitored by an independent evaluator and U.S. District Court.

In a letter to prisons minister Lord Timpson, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) claimed the Prison Service provided ...

November marks National Education Month, a time to reflect on the power of learning to shape lives, communities, and futures. For both of us, education in prison is not an abstract concept, it’s ...

Prison Fellowship International said its in-prison evangelism program has reached a milestone, graduating its one millionth ...

Since Pell Grants have become available to people pursuing degrees from prison, every state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons has tried to expand access to higher education. What they haven’t all done ...

The Government has been accused by a watchdog of imposing “swingeing cuts in prison education” while misleading the public about what is going on. In a letter to Prisons Minister Lord Timpson, ...

Students Dantaisha Flowers and Angelina Jamele participate in a "College and Career Success” class at York Correctional Institution through a partnership between Wesleyan University and CT State ...

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