Category Archives: education

Join the Ivy League: Yale University Law Journal Announces Writing Contest for Inmates

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Carolyn Cosmos

The Yale University Law Journal wants to publish essays on prison legal topics written by inmates and is running a contest to do it. “The contest offers people in prison the chance to share their stories with people who shape … Continue reading →

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How to Help the Homeless, Cut Incarceration and Save Taxpayer Money

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Carolyn Cosmos

Kudos to Boulder’s City Council. It voted 8 to 1 to back Lee Hill, a new housing project that can keep chronically homeless people off Boulder’s streets and save taxpayer money. Permanently. Called Housing First, such projects put people who … Continue reading →

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San Quentin Inmates Go To College

Posted on June 20, 2011 by admin

Today on NPR’s Morning Edition comes some positive news from California’s troubled penal system. The Prison University Project provides college-level courses for inmates at San Quentin, and grants them college degrees. You can read the NPR report at http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137176620/inside-san-quentin-inmates-go-to-college, or … Continue reading →

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Prison Education Advocate Christopher Zoukis

Posted on June 16, 2011 by admin

Christopher Zoukis <http://www.christopherzoukis.com/> , recipient of two  2011 PEN American Center Writing Awards (drama and fiction), and the author  of the definitive reference book on prison education, is currently a federal  prisoner at FCI-Petersburg. He is enrolled in college via … Continue reading →

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