BARD PRISON INITIATIVE — OUR WORK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER!

Learn how BPI is reimagining the place of higher education in America

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The film College Behind Bars brought the story of BPI to the nation’s headlines, but the work of BPI and its alumni have continued since then in tremendous ways.

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College Behind Bars offers a lasting lesson: Learning is its own kind of freedom.”
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