College Inside

Parole boards say education matters. Their denials tell a different story.

A new analysis from the Prison Policy Initiative finds that while education is supposed to help demonstrate readiness for release, parole boards often treat it as a box to check—or a reason to say no.

The waiting game

College Inside breaks down the numbers from a first-of-its kind report on higher education in Illinois prisons.

Four takeaways from our survey on college and career after prison

What formerly incarcerated people told us they wish they had known about navigating higher education and employment during reentry.

"AmeriCorps gave me a bridge back to society. Then Trump cut the funding."

Students find belonging in a Michigan prison

A look (and listen) inside the dreaded prison education waitlist

College Inside wants to hear from you

Educating the campus and community about life after prison

Lost boys, trapped men, and the role of lifers in prison education

Solutions that come from inside prison walls

How one Illinois man is studying to be a lawyer – from inside a Minnesota prison

Auburn University's prison education program ‘indefinitely suspended’