State awards $1.8 million to expand UCI’s in-prison B.A. program Funding will also support core functions of LIFTED for five years Irvine, Calif., July 5, 2022 — The state of California, through an agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature, has allocated...
UCLA Prison Education Program brings college courses to incarcerated individuals By Shehreen Karim Jan. 18, 2022 3:17 p.m. After being incarcerated as a juvenile, Abel Diaz didn’t see college as an option until he took classes through the UCLA Prison Education...
Access To A College Degree Is On The Rise In Prisons. What This Means For Incarcerated Students By Julia Barajas Published Oct 28, 2021 6:00 AM Earlier this month, 25 men put on black caps and gowns at the state prison in Lancaster, a maximum-security facility...
the pandemic in prison, new B.A. program Hundreds dead. Thousands infected. Stories from the inside. Limited access to cleaning supplies and protective face coverings. Months-long, 24-hour lockdowns with no family visits. Living quarters that make social distancing...
University of California, Irvine · UCI’s new in-prison bachelor’s degree to transform lives For people who are incarcerated, college can change their life: The likelihood that they will wind up back in prison after they’re released drops dramatically when they earn...
OPINION Apodaca: UC Irvine law professor sees college degrees as a way to reduce recidivism BY PATRICE APODACACOLUMNIST FEB. 1, 2021 5:04 PM PT Keramet Reiter has always had a passion for social justice, possibly inherited from her parents, who served in the...
Incarcerated Californians will soon be able to apply for federal Pell Grants to pay for higher education, a move with support across the political spectrum. The change was tucked into the omnibus spending bill signed into law in late December. Pell Grants, which are...
Inmates at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego will now have a chance to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UC Irvine. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and UCI signed a memorandum of understanding on the design...