Dennis Walker, training coordinator for the Utah Department of Corrections, releases a balloon tethered on a wire while discussing the importance of incarcerated men and women gaining momentum through ...

When the U.S. Department of Education announced last summer that federal Pell Grants would become available to incarcerated college students, lawmakers and state corrections agencies scrambled to ...

Harry Harrington beamed with pride after being named the most “persistent and dedicated” student in his graduating class. The barbed wire and tall gates define his past as an incarcerated prisoner, ...

When Congress lifted a 26-year ban on providing federal Pell Grants for people in prison, federal regulators and criminal-justice advocates worried that, without adequate safeguards, the education ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

The SEICHE Center for Health and Justice at Yale announced two new educational programs for health practitioners who care for incarcerated populations around the world on Sept. 25. The two courses ...

In a bright yellow library behind the barbed wire gates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in Middle Tennessee, Willetta Grady, the prison librarian, shows off a row of popular books. The ...

A prison corridor in Holman Correctional Facility in 2019. (File) Alabama’s two prison education programs do well in providing staff, services and gender equity, according to a report published last ...

Throughout an election cycle where both presidential candidates campaigned as being “tough on crime,” a plan for criminal justice reform has been taking shape in Connecticut. Incarcerated students ...

TEXARKANA, Texas - Texarkana College is expanding its prison education programs for incarcerated students. The college already has a prison program funded by the state, but thanks to new federal ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - When the U.S. Department of Education announced last summer that federal Pell Grants would become available to incarcerated college students, lawmakers and state ...