Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins has been one of the faces leading the NFL’s social justice movement. He explains to SI’s Amy Campbell how he got involved with the documentary “College Behind Bars,” which follows a dozen incarcerated men and women in New York… Read More
Highlight: College Behind Bars
Ken Burns talks about his new documentary series ‘College Behind Bars’
Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns visits TODAY to talk about his latest documentary series, “College Behind Bars,” about men and women struggling to earn college degrees behind bars. He is joined by director Lynn Novick and Dyjuan Tatro, a former member of a prison debate… Read More
New Documentary ‘College Behind Bars’ Captures The Transformative Power Of A Prison Education
There are more than two million people incarcerated in the United States. Over two-thirds of them lack a high school diploma, and less than 13% have attended college. But where nearly half of all formerly incarcerated people return to prison within three years, the students… Read More
Patriots Players Join Filmmaker Ken Burns For Screening Of ‘College Behind Bars’
FOXBORO (CBS) — From jail time to a full-time job. The four-part documentary series “College Behind Bars” captures how difficult it is for a group of inmates in New York to earn a college degree. “We sometimes forget they’re human beings — struggling to escape… Read More
College Behind Bars: Documenting The Bard Prison Initiative’s Impact On Prisoners
There are approximately 54,000 people incarcerated in the state of New York alone, and 300 of them are trying to get college degrees through the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). "College Behind Bars," a four-part documentary film series that follows prisoners who become students through BPI, will… Read More
Some of America’s ‘Most Terrific’ Students are Behind Bars
The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act has been in the news this fall, as Democratic candidates for president debate the pros and cons of a law which some charge was a major driver of America’s mass incarceration crisis. About one component of the… Read More
McCourty twins bring movie magic to Foxboro with film following those seeking education behind bars
FOXBOROUGH, MASS. (WHDH) — The McCourty twins attended a red carpet event at Patriot Place in Foxborough Monday night to promote a documentary that follows the lives of prisoners seeking an education behind bars. The four-part series entitled ‘College Behind Bars’ is directed by Lynn… Read More
College Classes In Maximum Security: ‘It Gives You Meaning’
More than 650,000 prisoners are released every year in the U.S., but no federal agency tracks the unemployment rate for this population. Experts say low reading and technological literacy, as well as reluctance among employers to hire former convicts, means many drop out of the labor… Read More
NYFF Review: ‘College Behind Bars’
An extraordinary portrait of students in the prison system By Jason Gorber The first hour of Lynn Novick’s four-part documentary series College Behind Bars plays out pretty much how one would expect this story to be told. [The four-part work screens in a single feature presentation at the New… Read More
NYFF57 review: ‘College Behind Bars’ makes the case for education for all, coming to PBS in November.
This 4 part doc series explores New York State’s college degree program, BPI: Bard Prison Initiative. We follow a group of students as they make their way toward graduation. I say students and not inmates because when they are in class, they are students.… Read More