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As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there's a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind bars

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there's a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind barsOnly 15% of adults in prison have earned a postsecondary degree or certificate – either before or while being incarcerated.Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

People in prison rarely get to go to college.

But an expansion in access to federal financial aid through Pell Grants for those who are incarcerated will soon make...

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