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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 de...

Lawmakers in Congress voted on December 21, 2020 to lift a 26-year-old ban on Pell Grants for people in prison. The restoration of access to Pell Grants means that incarcerated people, including those in Washington State, can once again apply for federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses. Access to education is transformative, and this bipartisan vote will improve community safety for everyone while also opening a new chapter of opportunity for incarcerated people and their families, marking a step toward increasing equity for Black and brown communities. The measure lifting the ...

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...

Reply Dec. 22, 2020 Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) President Mark Ojakian released the following statement in response to congressional approval of federal stimulus legislation, which includes repeal of the prohibition on incarcerated individuals to receive Pell funding while serving their sentence. Subscribe "This is a big deal for a lot of families in Connecticut," said President Ojakian. "The prohibition is a relic of 1990s 'tough on crime' policies that disproportionately harmed people of color, only to make our communities less safe. It is common sense that those in ...