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A photographer takes a picture of an incarcerated man, wearing a graduation cap, gown, a Mexican sarape print stole and a green stole that reads, "T.O.P.S.S." in front of a gray backdrop. The picture was taken outside on a lawn surrounded by barbed wire fences.
Closing Argument July 8, 2023
Students Behind Bars Regain Access to College Financial Aid
Restored Pell Grant eligibility means about 760,000 people in prisons could eventually afford higher education.
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A photo illustration shows President Joseph R. Biden in the center, with Michael Carvajal, resigning director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, at the left. Imagery of barbed wire is scattered throughout the illustration.
Inside Out January 13, 2022
Biden Has Disappointed Many Prisoners and Guards. Now He Has a Chance to Do More.
A year after taking office, President Biden has yet to make good on key prison reform promises he made on the campaign trail.
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Life Inside April 11, 2019
Money Changed Everything for Me in Prison
“I am not evidence that the system ‘works.’ I am an outlier, dripping in luck.”
By Morgan Godvin
Lt. Russell Hanes, left, and counselor Colleen McClay, in bright red at center, chat with women who are incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Conn., in August.
News October 9, 2018
More Women Are Behind Bars Now. One Prison Wants to Change That.
Connecticut’s WORTH program uses therapy, classes and mentoring to try to keep women from coming back.
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Cosmetology students at the Central California Women’s Facility practice applying makeup during a lesson in 2017.
News July 10, 2018
License to Clip
A movement to let the formerly incarcerated cut hair and drive taxis is gaining ground.
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Life Inside May 24, 2018
I Followed My Mom to Prison and to a Degree
“This is the path my life had to take so I could be strong.”
By Arielle Pierre, as told to
Life Inside April 5, 2018
Finding College by Way of Prison
“Taking classes helped me forget that I wasn’t free.”
By Marcus Lilly, as told to
Inmates at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland listened as then-Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced in 2015 that his department would begin a pilot program to give prisoners access to Pell grants.
News March 28, 2018
The Uncertain Fate of College in Prison
Obama revived Pell grants for prisoners, but the program faces a cloudy future.
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A woman embraces a relative as he was released from prison at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.
Commentary March 14, 2018
The Recidivism Trap
Counting failure is no way to encourage success.
Jeffrey A Butts and Vincent Schiraldi
Seattle police detective Kim Bogucki teaches female inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in 2015.
Q&A June 1, 2016
How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside
A new documentary spotlights a program that reclaims lives through writing.
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