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Publication • August 12, 2016
Building Effective Partnerships for High-Quality Postsecondary Education in Correctional Facilities, Vera, 2016 Building Effective Partnerships for High-Quality Postsecondary Education in Correctional Facilities JANUARY 2016 FACT SHEET In 2015, the United States Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, aimed at supporting postsecondary education programs for people in …
Publication • August 12, 2016
Making the Grade - Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison, Vera, 2016 Center on Sentencing and Corrections Making the Grade Developing Quality Postsecondary Education Programs in Prison Ruth Delaney, Ram Subramanian, and Fred Patrick From the Director The benefits of postsecondary education programs for incarcerated students extend far beyond …
Article • August 10, 2016
Legislators Support TV over Education in New York State Prisons by Christopher Zoukis While combating idleness and restlessness in America's prisons is certainly necessary to avoid disruptions and violence, how this is accomplished is up for debate. Lawmakers in New York State said no to a proposal this month, during …
Publication • August 9, 2016
Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population, ETS, 2006 Policy Information Report Locked Up and Locked Out: An Educational Perspective on the U.S. Prison Population Listening. Learning. Leading. This report was written by: Richard J. Coley Paul E. Barton Educational Testing Service The views …
Article • August 5, 2016
DOJ and Department of Education Focus on Education of Juvenile Detainees by Derek Gilna There’s always been plenty of money available to incarcerate juvenile offenders in the United States, but finding funds and motivation to educate those young people has often been sadly lacking.  Recently, however, Attorney General Eric Holder …
Publication • August 3, 2016
A Proposed National Corrections College, Jacobs & Cooperman, 2012 A Proposed National Corrections College James B. Jacobs* & Kerry T. Cooperman** I. INTRODUCTION In 1971, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger proposed the establishment of a “National Corrections Academy.”1 Chief Justice Burger explained that “the management and operation of penal institutions …
Publication • August 3, 2016
The Right to Education of Persons in Detention, UN General Assembly HRC, 2009 UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/11/8 2 April 2009 Original: ENGLISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Eleventh session Agenda item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT …
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Filed under: Prison Reform, Education
Court Issues New Injunction Mandating Education for NYC Prisoners at Rikers Island by Derek Gilna Prisoners’ rights advocates know that education is a key element of reducing recidivism, and the federal Bureau of Prisons and most state departments of corrections agree. However, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
U.S. Department of Education Offers Second Chance Pell Pilot Program by Christopher Zoukis On July 31, 2015, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new pilot program that will provide federal funding to colleges to provide classes at select prisons. The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program will help prisoners …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Recent decades have seen the rise of not only private, for-profit prisons but also the privatization of other aspects of corrections systems, most notably the provision of medical care. As with prison privatization, the only people who have benefited are the owners of and …
From the Editor by Paul Wright One downside of publishing a magazine like Prison Legal News for 26 years is that in some respects we are not covering a one-off or isolated story but rather are reporting an ongoing and developing issue. This month’s cover story about the epic abuse, …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Cost and Punishment - Reassessing Incarceration Costs and the Value of College-in-Prison Programs, Knott COST AND PUNISHMENT: REASSESSING INCARCERATION COSTS AND THE VALUE OF COLLEGE-IN-PRISON PROGRAMS GREGORY A. KNOTT* ABSTRACT This article is the first study examining college-in-prison programs as part of the cost-reducing and risk-management trends currently dominant in …
Publication • February 16, 2016
Special Audit of Aramark Contract and the College Programs - July 1998 Through October 2000, ODRC, 2001 OHIO DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND CORRECTION ARAMARK CONTRACT AND THE COLLEGE PROGRAMS SPECIAL AUDIT FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 1998 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2000 This page left blank intentionally. TABLE OF CONTENTS …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Public Research Universities - Changes in State Funding, Lincoln Project, 2015 Public Research Universities: Changes in State Funding A Publication of The Lincoln Project: Excellence and Access in Public Higher Education © 2015 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences All rights reserved. isbn: 0-87724-106-6 This publication is available …
Handberry v. Thompson, 2nd Cir, Docket, disabled prisoners education IDEA, 2006 162VH6 Time of Request: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Client ID/Project Name: Number of Lines: 957 Job Number: 2825:546450959 Research Information Service: Terms and Connectors Search Print Request: Current Document: 1 Source: Federal & State Cases, Combined Search Terms: name(handberry …
Handberry v. Thompson, 2nd Cir, Docket, disabled prisoners education IDEA, 2015 162VH6 Time of Request: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Client ID/Project Name: Number of Lines: 555 Job Number: 2826:546451076 Research Information Service: Terms and Connectors Search Print Request: Current Document: 2 Source: Federal & State Cases, Combined Search Terms: name(handberry …
Publication • December 7, 2015
ACLU joint letter in support of the REAL Act, December 2015 December 7, 2015 Re: Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act of 2015 (H.R. 2521) Dear Representatives: We, the undersigned 121 civil rights, human rights, faith based, and criminal justice reform organizations, write to express our strong support for the …
Article • October 16, 2015
Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson Study Finds Prison Education Beneficial to Utah Prisoners and Taxpayers by Joe Watson When Utah prisoners get an education behind bars that they can use to find work upon their release, good things happen, according to a …
Article • August 1, 2015 • from PLN August, 2015
Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs by Christopher Zoukis It’s been over 20 years since Jon Marc Taylor, Ph.D., a Missouri state prisoner and author of the Prisoners’ Guerrilla …
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al., MI, amended complaint, retaliation against HIV prisoner, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00359-PLM Doc #15 Filed 05/27/15 Page 1 of 22 Page ID#75 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN DORN, Plaintiff, versus CASE NO.1: 15-cv-359 MICHIGAN …
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