Federal Student Aid has published this fact sheet with instructions on how incarcerated borrowers can get out of default through the Fresh Start initiative. It also briefly addresses other relief options, including contact information for the office that handles complaints—the Office of the Student Loan Ombudsman.
This report provides an introduction to services and programs available within California by collecting descriptive information about each. These programs do not necessarily represent a catalog of best practices or model programs that have been proven to be effective. Rather, this report is a starting block from which to build that analysis, and the authors suggest that as the next important stage in related research.
The first webinar in the Pipeline to Pell series will be held on Thursday, November 2, at 11:00 am ET. The webinar will focus on the FAFSA Simplification Act, Pell Grants, and prison education programs.
This is a report that uplifts the voices of formerly incarcerated students in California's public colleges and universities.
This resource is a guidebook for re-entering society with technology.
A guide to reentering society. Made by members of the EJP.
A guide to successful reentry for audiences nationwide.
This guide is for people who live with the threat of deportation to Mexico or Central America. This guide helps people to know their rights, learn where to access legal assistance, and make plans in case of possible deportation. There are five main section in A New Path: Preparing for Possible Deportation; After Your Return; Healing and Moving Forward; Deportation to Central America; and Directory and Additional Resources. This guide also offers supportive words from people who have been deported. Some of them are alumni of the Education Justice Project, a college-in-prison program at…
This report seeks to expand college opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated students in California.
This is a research paper describing the Prison University Project. The Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison, an accredited college program administered through Patten University, offers an associate's degree in liberal arts to prisoners with high school degrees or GEDs.
