By Jesse King A college-in-prison program put on by Bard College is picking up the slack following the collapse of two private university programs earlier this year. The Bard Prison Initiative has been enrolling incarcerated students in degree programs at prisons across New York for… Read More
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WBAI’s On the Count – The Prison And Criminal Justice Report
In this episode, listen to an in-depth conversation with Max Kenner '01, alumnus Dyjuan Tatro '18, and Vivian Nixon, Executive Director of College & Community Fellowship who discuss the impact of federal Pell Grant restoration; what's next for TAP restoration in New York; the… Read More
Founder of Famed Initiative to Provide Education for Prisoners Visits the Price of Business Show
According to Ken Burns, who is the force behind this important four part video series that originally appeared on PBS, “College Behind Bars, a four-part documentary film series, tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college… Read More
Rehabilitation and Education In America’s Prisons
For most incarcerated citizens, prison puts life on hold. You might say that's as it should be. Prison—at least partly—is punishment. But increasingly, policymakers are thinking more seriously about what happens when people get out of prison—and what the best ways are to rehabilitate them, so… Read More
‘College Behind Bars’ Makes Case For Allowing Inmates To Get College Educations In Prison
A new documentary, "College Behind Bars," explores what happens when a college education is provided to people who are incarcerated. We speak to Patriots Safety Devin McCourty about how the film relates to his work off the field as a governing member of the NFL… Read More
Incarcerated Men And Women Find Rehabilitation And Hope In ‘College Behind Bars’
A new PBS documentary series follows prisoners who earn college degrees while serving time. Director Lynn Novick and graduates Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro talk about how the program changes lives. Read More
Higher Education and Incarceration
The documentary filmmaker Lynn Novick and Jule Hall, a Bard College Prison Initiative alumni and program associate for the Ford Foundation, talk about Novick’s new film, “College Behind Bars.” Read More
‘College Behind Bars’ PBS Documentary Shines A Light on Prison Education
The new four-part PBS documentary “College Behind Bars” examines what higher education looks like in New York State prisons — and the impact it has on incarcerated students. Lynn Novick produced and directed the film, and Ken Burns is an executive producer. Illinois Public… 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
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