Edgar Bowser, who received a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Boston University’s Prison Education Program, is up for parole for the fifth time for killing a police officer in 1975 when he was 16.

Diplomas represent the culmination of years of hard work, perseverance, and commitment to education inside MacDougall–Walker Correctional Institution. Photo credit: Karen Pearson Zelda Roland, Ph.D., ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

The Northwestern Prison Education Program, which provides incarcerated students with bachelor’s degrees through NU, celebrated and launched its magazine Wednesday evening in Kresge Hall. The magazine, ...

After being arrested for an unlawful altercation, Darnell Epps ’21 and his brother Darryl served 17-and-a-half years in prison. They had “little reason to be optimistic,” they told the Cornell ...

Wayne State University's new Prison Education Program launches this fall at the Macomb Correctional Facility, making the Detroit university the newest member of the Michigan Consortium for Higher ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program, already the largest higher education prison program in the state, is expanding to serve women incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in ...

WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Southeastern Community College (SCC) has received recognition for its participation and accomplishments in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction’s Vocational ...

The Northern Nevada Correctional Center will host a graduation ceremony on June 10 at 10 a.m. to honor incarcerated students who have transformed their lives through education. The event celebrates ...

The Cornell Prison Education Program, currently serving over 200 incarcerated individuals, recently received a $1.7 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to grow enrollment and expand ...

Tennessee houses approximately 22,000 individuals in its prison system, and each year thousands are released to reintegrate into society. But while Tennessee has made strides in reducing its ...