Building Effective Partnerships for High-Quality Postsecondary Education in Correctional Facilities
Resources 2016-01-29
Summary:
In 2015, the United States Department of Education announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program, aimed at supporting postsecondary education programs for people in prison. This program restores eligibility for Pell grants to students in state and federal prisons for the first time since it was eliminated by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.