The Capitol Connection – Max Kenner, Founder and Executive Director of the Bard Prison Initiative

Launching one of the first Master’s Degrees in New York’s Prisons in 40+ Years

Among the hundreds of BPI students starting the new academic year are twenty-four grad students pursuing Bard College Master of Arts Degrees in Public Humanities at Eastern NY Correctional Facility. The Bard master’s degree at Eastern began with a pilot cohort of BPI bachelor’s degree graduates last year. In Fall 2025, it now welcomes a…