Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 19—ANDERSON — A former educator at Alexandria-Monroe Jr./Sr. High School will serve a 10-year prison sentence after pleading ...

Although Frank Alexander II spent his time incarcerated working in offices, healthcare and a print shop, he was told upon release that he would be “better off at a restaurant washing dishes” because ...

Local and national leaders in the prison education movement convened Friday morning to discuss their experiences, ideas and challenges as they sought to strengthen and create programs that provide ...

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 ...

One of west Michigan’s best returns on investment may be largely out of sight and out of mind. But, on Thursday, June 4, the ...

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 ...

Feb. 4—State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. says a $3 million grant from Ascendium will help expansion of the state's Higher Education in Prison programs. SUNY's Office of Higher ...

As the national organization for higher education in prison in the United States, we at the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison feel it our responsibility to challenge the framing and conclusions ...

Prison education in the UK is widely recognised as an essential yet chronically underresourced area of further education. Positioned as central to rehabilitation and reducing reoffending, it ...

The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday released final regulations that spell out how colleges can lay the groundwork for enrolling some of the more than 700,000 incarcerated people who are ...

I should be a doctor by now. I completed my associate’s degree in 2016, and, after taking a year off to weave an economic safety net of vocational training, I enrolled in a bachelor’s program in the ...