Research on College in Prison and After Release: Recommendations from Those Who Know Best

This brief offers insights and recommendations from interviews with five incarcerated or formerly incarcerated students and seven staff members who worked closest to them. Over 70 million people have a history of arrest, conviction, and incarceration, which can limit their access to postsecondary education. The conversations detailed in the brief offer valuable direction to researchers seeking to understand how best to help students with a history of incarceration achieve their education and employment goals.

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