This is an evaluation of the Prison University Project (PUP) at San Quentin State Prison, which is an accredited college program administered through Patten University. It offers an associate's degree in liberal arts to prisoners with high school degrees or GEDs.
The Higher Education in Prison Key Performance Indicator Framework is designed to help HEP programs measure the impact they have on students, institutions, facilities, and communites by including indicators that help measure student success outcomes, academic quality, civic engagement, and soft skill development.
Using data for a cohort of federal prison releasees, the hypothesis tested is that inmates who actively participate in education programs have a lower likelihood of recidivating, defined as a rearrest or parole revocation within 3 years after release, controlling for several background and post-release measures, including post-release employment. Results show that inmates who actively participate in education programs have a significantly lower likelihood of recidivating.
Estimates of post-release economic effects of participation in prison-based general educational development (GED) programs using a panel of earnings records and a rich set of individual information from administrative data in the state of Florida.
This report aims to stimulate conversation about the benefits of HEP in the state, describe the development of HEP nationally and in Illinois, and provide a blueprint for overcoming existing barriers to expanding quality HEP in all Illinois prisons.
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.
This resource discusses research on the importance on in-person instruction in prison higher education programs.
Guidelines prepared by EJP students to assist those with responsibility for representing students enrolled in higher educations programs in prison.
This resource highlights existing higher education programs in Illinois state prisons and uplifts the need for additional programs and supportive policies across the state.
