Five years ago, only one California prison, San Quentin, had a college program on site. Now, thanks to a change in state law, all but one prison in the state has such a program. Forum talks about the opportunities and challenges that come with the rise of education services for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in California. And we’ll talk about efforts to overturn a 1994 ban on federal Pell grants for people in prison which supporters say would improve the chances that those released from prison could avoid returning to a life behind bars.
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