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Deseret News Share this story In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, an inmate is seen laying in one of the triple-tier bunks in a gymnasium converted to house prisoners at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison in Corcoran, Calif. The past year — full of challenges, division and isolation — exposed many of the fault lines in our society. Events across the country brought renewed attention to enduring racial divisions, and highlighted a number of challenges related to law enforcement and policing. But if there is one issue that ought to help provide healing and uni...

Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress moved to lift the long-standing ban on federal student aid - specifically, the Pell grant - for those who are incarcerated. The decision comes after a long push for prison reforms that included calls for a greater emphasis on rehabilitation, reducing prison populations and making prison sentences less harsh. Prison education programs have been shown to improve job prospects. $1.4 trillion As the director of a prison college program at The University of Baltimore, I know f...

Latest COVID stimulus bill to send Louisiana schools up to $1.6 billion combined Will Sentell Louisiana public schools and colleges and universities are in line to get a new round of aid from the latest federal stimulus package after landing $484 million earlier this year. Public schools received $287 million in May and higher education $147 million from the $2.2 trillion federal CARES Act, and divided another $50 million that was left to the discretion of Gov. John Bel Edwards. The legislation that congressional leaders agreed on Sunday night totals about $900 billion. The compromise still ...