Prison Pell Grant

Prison Pell Grant

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Employers Requiring Vaccines, Male Friendships, Historic Evil

Episode: Employers Requiring Vaccines, Male Friendships, Historic Evil

  • Jan 6, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 16:31 mins

For the first time in 25 years, prison inmates can receive a government Pell Grant to cover the cost of taking college courses behind bars. Is that a good use of taxpayer dollars? Andrea Cantora is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore, and she directs the university’s college program at a maximum-security prison in Maryland.