Grant Solicitation (Presentation): FY 2023 Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces
This is a presentation that details a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Improving Reentry Employment Services at Atlanta Technical College (IRES@ATC)
This is a BJA funding solicitation.
Grant Solicitation: FY 2023 Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center
This is a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
FY 2022 Improving Corrections Data Analysis – Virtual Academies
This is a BJA funding solicitation.
Grant Solicitation: FY 2023 Transforming Prison Cultures, Climates, and Spaces
This is a solicitation for grant funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Take Charge of Your Future: Get the Education and Training You Need
This guide from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education is for people who are incarcerated and for those on probation and parole. It’s also for those who were previously involved with the justice system.
Literacy Behind Bars: Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy Prison Survey
This report presents the findings from the 2003 prison adult literacy assessment. The report includes analyses that compare the literacy of the U.S. prison population in 2003 with the literacy of the U.S. prison population in 1992.
Building the Technology Ecosystem for Correctional Education: Brief and Discussion Guide
This brief from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education describes efforts to provide secure and cost-effective access to technology in correctional facilities to help strengthen and expand educational and reentry services.
Expanding Pathways From Incarceration to Higher Education in Georgia
Award announcement for FY 2021 Second Chance Act: Adult Reentry Education, Employment, Treatment and Recovery Program to Expanding Pathways from Incarceration to Higher Education in Georgia
Georgia Pathways to Campus: Developing Pre- to Post-Release Support at Georgia State Universities and Technical Colleges
This is an award announcement for FY 2022 Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes to Georgia Pathways to Campus: Developing Pre- to Post-Release Support at Georgia State Universities and Technical Colleges.
Key Terms, Definitions, and Systems Related to FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts (Updated August 25, 2023)
This announcement from the U.S. Department of Education details new terminology related to the full implementation of the FAFSA Simplification and FUTURE Acts.
Prison Education Programs: Frequently Asked Questions
Other than statutory and regulatory requirements included in the document, the contents of this guidance do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public. This guidance is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.
Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Announces Expansion of Second Chance Pell Experiment and Actions to Help Incarcerated Individuals Resume Educational Journeys and Reduce Recidivism
On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education announced actions to help incarcerated individuals access educational programs as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s broader efforts to support reentry, empower formerly incarcerated persons, enhance public safety, and strengthen our communities and our economy. The Department has invited 73 colleges and universities to participate in the third round of the Second Chance Pell Experiment, an initiative first launched by the Obama-Biden Administration to expand access to federal Pell Grants for incarcerated individuals enrolled in participating programs.
Eligibility of Confined or Incarcerated Individuals to Receive Pell Grants
This letter from the U.S. Department of Education provides guidance to institutions regarding the requirements for confined or incarcerated individuals to receive Federal Pell Grants on or after July 1, 2023.
Highlights From the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults: Their Skills, Work Experience, Education, and Training
This report highlights data from the U.S. PIAAC Survey of Incarcerated Adults and its extensive background questionnaire and direct assessments of cognitive skills. It examines the skills of incarcerated adults in relationship to their work experiences and to their education and training in prison.
Educational Technology in Corrections
This policy brief looks broadly at the challenges in and opportunities for expanding and improving educational services for incarcerated individuals through the use of educational technology, and empowering teachers and learners in correctional settings.
Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Prisons: Providing Workforce Education and Training to Reduce Recidivism
This report illustrates various strategies for building relationships between community colleges and prisons.
Community-Based Correctional Education
This report highlights national and state-level practices in community-based correctional education.
Confined or Incarcerated Student Fact Sheet (English Version)
This fact sheet provides more information for confined or incarcerated students about the federal Pell Grant and prison education programs.
Confined or Incarcerated Student Fact Sheet (Spanish Version)
This is a Spanish translation of an existing fact sheet. The fact sheet provides more information for confined or incarcerated students about the federal Pell Grant and prison education programs.


