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From solitary confinement to UC Berkeley: a story of redemption

Kevin McCarthy was the first applicant admitted to UC Berkeley while in prison. He’s. ....

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Building the Prison-to-College Pipeline

Building the Prison-to-College Pipeline
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Incarcerated Californians Can Soon Get Federal Aid For College. But Students Beware

Incarcerated Californians will soon be able to apply for federal Pell Grants to pay for higher education, a move with support across the political spectrum. The change was tucked into the omnibus spending bill signed into law in late December.
Pell Grants, which are the largest source of federally-funded college aid, have been off limits to incarcerated students since 1994, part of the crime bill that also led to mass incarceration.
The change is incredibly exciting, said Keramet Reiter, who directs a new UC Irvine program that will offer the University of California s first bachelor s degree for incarcerated students. She started teaching in prisons in the late 1990s, when the end of Pell Grants led to a drastic decline in higher education offerings for incarcerated people. ....

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