Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend: BPI confers its 500th diploma and an honorary degree to civil rights leader William J. Barber II. Read More
BPI In Action
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BPI’s 16th Commencement from Taconic Correctional Facility
BPI celebrates its 15th anniversary with its 16th commencement from Taconic correctional facility. Read More
BPI’s 15th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 15th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility with Commencement speech by Jonathan Holloway, Dean, Yale College. Film produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More
BPI’s 14th Commencement
BPI celebrates its 14th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility with Commencement speech by Hakeem Jeffries, NY Congressman. Produced by Skiff Mountain. Read More
Easter Message from Cardinal Dolan
“A classical liberal arts education, which Bard College and the Bard Prison Initiative provides, is saying we are liberated from being shackled by the “out there” and when we look within you see a whole realm of existence and life. Where you live, how… Read More
BPI’s 12th Commencement on January 24, 2015
BPI celebrates its 12th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility, with commencement speech by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Arch Bishop of New York. January 24, 2015 Produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More
BPI on 60 Minutes
CBS correspondent Bob Simon reports on the Bard Prison Initiative from its program at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York State. The story features four BPI students and interviews with Commissioner of New York State Department of Corrections Brian Fischer, Bard College President… Read More
BPI’s 11th Commencement at Woobourne Correctional
BPI celebrates its 11th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility, with commencement speech by New York Representative Sean Patrick Maloney. Produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More
Governor Cuomo Voices Support for BPI
At Wilborn Church in Albany - before dozens of elected officials including NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio - Governor Andrew Cuomo announced plans to restore college-in-prison on a broad scale. Highlighting Bard's work and the accomplishments of two BPI alumni in the audience, the… Read More
BPI’s 10th Commencement on January 26, 2013
BPI celebrates its 10th commencement at Eastern Correctional Facility, with commencement speech by Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, Pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. Produced by Winton / duPont Films and posted on Vimeo. Read More