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Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid that they don't have to repay.
Martin Leyva is program coordinator of Project Rebound at California State University San Marcos, a support program for formerly incarcerated students on 15 campuses within the CSU system
The Pell Grant program is about to expand exponentially next month, giving about 30,000 prisoners the opportunity to earn innancial aid to receive education...
Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid that they don't have to repay.
The Pell Grant program is about to expand exponentially next month, giving about 30,000 prisoners the opportunity to earn innancial aid to receive education...