In collaboration with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the Vera Institute of Justice created this guidebook for accreditors and their peer reviewers, providing insight into the unique context and goals of postsecondary education in correctional facilities.
This is a guidebook for department of corrections administrators focused on collecting data related to correctional education.
The Reentry Education Tool Kit was created by RTI International with support from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), to help education providers and their partners create a reentry education continuum in their communities.
This guide is intended to be a starting point for corrections officials who are considering partnering with a college to implement an in-prison college program within their prison facilities or who currently have such a program and would like additional information to help ensure the success of that program.
This is a letter from Federal Student Aid to correctional facilities. It asks for their help in assisting incarcerated borrowers. The letter focuses on reducing the barriers to communication and information.
The book is a collection of critical prose and poetry by esteemed artists and scholars (including Joshua Bennett, Ellen Bass, Joy Priest, Mahogany Brown, and so many more) about their experiences facilitating arts workshops in prisons. The intended audience includes college (and beyond) students in inside/out-type programs (or other programs where they facilitate educational programming in prisons); teachers of such programs; students and researchers interested in arts in corrections programming—really, anyone involved in higher ed in prison AND/OR arts in prison efforts!
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 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…
A guide to successful reentry for audiences nationwide.
A guide to reentering society. Made by members of the EJP.
