Correctional Education Program News Today

There were a couple of notable starts on July 1, 1982. Cal Ripken, Jr. played the first game of what would become a record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop

Graduate student Theodore Nollert, also president of Graduate and Professional Student Government, shared his experiences teaching American poetry and literature in a North Carolina prison.

One high school civics class changed everything for Jade Neptune, who created a nonprofit to support students’ extracurricular interests.

Inmates who participate in "correctional education programs" are 43% less likely to end up back behind bars than those who do not, according to research done by the RAND Corp.

A task force of hundreds of experts, researchers and incarcerated women delivered a lengthy report offering sweeping recommendations about how to better serve women behind bars.