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Announcing the launch of the National Directory of Higher Education in Prison Programs

The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison maintains the most comprehensive resource in the United States for people seeking information about national college in prison programs. The National Directory was launched on December 15, 2020.

December 14, 2020
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Announcing the Publication of The Landscape of Higher Education in Prison (2018-2019)

November 30, 2020
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The Landscape of Higher Education in Prison report provides a descriptive overview of the field of higher education in prison during the 2018-2019 academic year.

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Announcing our Community Events Calendar

July 17, 2020
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Higheredinprison.org now features a Community Events Calendar. Look for events from the Alliance for Higher Education and events hosted by the higher education in prison community.

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COVID-19 Action: A Hub of Information Related to COVID in Prisons

July 14, 2020
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The Alliance's COVID-19 Action page contains materials and resources created by/for or that are meaningful for higher education in prison programs from across the United States.

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Jamii Sisterhood launches Project Freedom

February 4, 2021
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Jamii Sisterhood, with support from Laughing Gull Foundation, has launched Project Freedom to seeks to increase the presence of Black and LatinX instructors inside correctional facility classrooms through supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) as they design their higher education in prison programs. Applications are now being accepted.

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2021 Access to Justice Conference Call for Proposals

February 4, 2021
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The 2021 Access to Justice Conference ("Crisis and Reckoning: A Call to Dismantle Unjust Systems") is actively seeking proposal submissions.

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Sustaining Connections: Community Building in Prisons Through Higher Education (Virtual Conference)

February 4, 2021
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The deadline for submissions has been extended for the conference "Sustaining Connections: Community Building in Prisons Through Higher Education" to February 15. The conference will be hosted April 9 - April 10.

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Columbia University Justice Lab: Request for Proposals for Consultant Vendor Pool

January 28, 2021
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This Request for Proposals is to establish a highly qualified cadre of consultants for the Columbia University Justice Lab, whose expertise and knowledge can be tapped and deployed for ongoing and emergent project needs.

New Publication: Getting the Record Straight

January 27, 2021
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The insidious use of background checks in employment, licensure, housing, and education is yet another example of the perpetual punishment endured by millions of Americans who have conviction records. The user-friendly design of this guide is intended to help people with conviction records navigate individual, institutional, and systemic barriers erected by the practice of background checks. While many valuable guides exist that help people with convictions understand their legal rights, this guide is unique because it aims to help people develop their own narrative. This guide is a continuation of our work to support people with convictions in navigating barriers to education and economic opportunity. Last year, we released Getting to Work with a Criminal Record: New York State License Guides (2020 Expanded Edition), which explains the process for obtaining licenses in 25, high-demand occupations and professions for people with conviction records. We remain committed to increasing access to opportunity for the millions of people impacted by the criminal legal system.

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Visionary Freedom Fund

January 15, 2021
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The Visionary Freedom Fund (VFF) seeks to ensure that Black, Brown, and Indigenous (BIPOC) youth impacted by the youth justice system on the frontlines have the resources, capacities, infrastructure, and relationships they need to develop and implement inspiring long-term, visionary change in their communities.

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Protect Incarcerated People from COVID-19 — Toolkit by Mourning Our Losses

January 4, 2021
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Mourning Our Losses is a crowd-sourced memorial to honor the lives of people who died in prisons, jails, and immigration detention facilities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. We remember the lives of people who died from exposure to abominable public health conditions, as residents and as employees. Mourning Our Losses seeks to restore dignity to the faces and stories behind the statistics of death and illness from behind bars. We believe that a loss of any human life warrants mourning. We are united in our effort to honor our fallen brothers and sisters by telling their stories. We offer a platform for grief, healing, community, and reflection for all those touched by this preventable tragedy.

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Podcast: The Million Book Project - No Boring Books

December 28, 2020
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Our host Reginald Dwayne Betts chops it up with Jason Reynolds, a beloved author of young adult fiction and poetry. Jason has won all the prizes that dope writers get, including the Kirkus Prize and the Coretta Scott King Honor. In the inaugural episode of The Freedom Takes, Dwayne and Jason discuss their common roots in PG County, Maryland; the importance of literature in the lives of young people; and Jason’s book Long Way Down, of which the Million Book Project has sent 900 copies to readers in juvenile detention centers across the country.

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Lessons from Second Chance Pell: A Toolkit for Helping Incarcerated Students Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

December 2, 2020
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In 2015, the U.S. Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell (SCP) experiment under the Experimental Sites Initiative, which allows incarcerated students who would be eligible for Pell Grants—a form of federal financial aid—if they were not incarcerated to access them while attending an eligible academic program offered by one of the colleges participating in the experiment. But filing for financial aid while incarcerated can be a formidable challenge. Drawing on the experiences of the first group of SCP colleges, this toolkit, drafted in collaboration with the Chemeketa Community College, is designed to aid new and existing participants as they guide students through the complexities of filing for federal financial aid in prison, including completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA.

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"The Writing On The Wall' Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings"

October 19, 2020
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"The Writing On The Wall" art installation projects writings by incarcerated people onto the sides of buildings.

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Documentary: Seat at the Table

September 24, 2020
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Seats at the Table is the film portrait of Andrew Kaufman’s University of Virginia Books Behind Bars class which brings together university students with residents of a juvenile correctional center through the study of Russian literature.

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Study and Struggle Program

August 7, 2020
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Mississippi Freedom Winter addresses the humanitarian crisis occurring throughout Mississippi's prisons and immigrant detention centers. Their Study and Struggle program is the first phase of an ongoing project to organize against incarceration and criminalization in Mississippi through four months of political education and community building.

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New Project Announcement: Opportunity-Centered, Anti-Racist Teaching Guide

August 6, 2020
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The Alliance is excited to announce a new partnership with Richard Milner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair of Education and Founding Director of the Initiative for Race Research and Justice at Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Higher Education in Prison Initiative to produce an Opportunity-Centered, Anti-Racist Teaching Guide specific to in-prison teaching. The guide will be organized around a series of interrelated competencies (e.g., mentoring, academic and social support, tutoring, learning theory and trauma-informed pedagogy and building responsive and relevant student learning assessment). Once produced, the guide will be made widely available for the higher education in prison community.

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New Netflix Series - Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices

September 11, 2020
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A 2020 Netflix series in which celebrity readers share children's books by Black authors to spark kid-friendly conversations about empathy, equality, self-love, and antiracism.

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Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens

August 7, 2020
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The Education Trust

In "Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens", The Education Trust outlines how to shift the focus away from “fixing kids” and toward addressing adult beliefs and mindsets as well as school and district policies to create an equitable learning environment.

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A State-by-State Look at Coronavirus in Prisons

July 14, 2020
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The Marshall Project is collecting data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons.

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Unlocking the Potential of Prison Education

July 14, 2020
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Tanya Erzen

People in prison have often been relegated to “better than nothing” education, writes Tanya Erzen, and the inequities could become more prevalent during the pandemic.

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National Study on Black Student Loan Debt

July 14, 2020
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The Education Trust is conducting research, and inviting survey participation, which will center on the voices of Black borrowers.

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Tips to Support Children When a Parent is in Prison ​​​​​​

July 14, 2020
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By: Rosemary Martoma, MD, FAAP

Having a parent in prison is an adverse childhood experience, a childhood trauma that can lead to poor health and wellbeing as an adult. Yet, these children can thrive if they build resilience​.

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Yoga For A Healthy Immunity

July 14, 2020
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Yoga Behind Bars (YBB)

Download this printable Yoga and meditation manual developed for people who are currently incarcerated by Yoga Behind Bars (YBB).

Health and Wellness
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Get Copies of "The Warbler" for Your Higher Education in Prison Program

July 14, 2020
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Alabama Prison Arts + Ecucation Project

The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project newsletter, The Warbler, is available to anyone interested in being on their weekly distribution list.

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College Behind Bars DVDs Available for You Higher Education in Prison Program

July 14, 2020
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College Behind Bars (originally on PBS) is now streaming on Netflix and Amazon Prime and can be sent to your program.

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What Policing Costs: A Look at Spending in America’s Biggest Cities

July 11, 2020
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The Vera Institute of Justice

Report on data collected showing the cost of policing around the United States.

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Cities Addressing Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students—the National League of Cities (NLC) is launching a new initiative

July 11, 2020
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Support for postsecondary institutions and community partners to remove barriers to: food, housing, childcare, mental health services, transportation, or digital access for postsecondary students.

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