Obama Administration Finally Launching Its Pell-Grants-for-Prisoners Program

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CNS News:

(CNSNews.com) - As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reform effort, the Department of Education announced on Friday that it has selected 67 colleges and universities to partner with 141 federal and state prisons "to enroll roughly 12,000 incarcerated students in educational and training programs."

 

"Through the Second Chance Pell pilot program, institutions may provide federal Pell Grants to qualified students who are incarcerated and eligible for release, particularly those who are likely to be released within five years of enrolling in coursework," the announcement said.

 

Inmates will not go to school; instead, the selected schools will offer classroom-based instruction, online education or a combination of both at various state and federal prisons.