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Mara Sanchez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The benefits of postsecondary degrees are striking for populations who have experienced incarceration, yet little is understood about how this population succeeds with educational attainment upon release from incarceration. This qualitative collective case study examined to what extent and how six formerly incarcerated individuals who started…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Julia Bowling; Pavithra Nagarajan; Kristen Parsons; Neal A. Palmer – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2024
College-in-prison programs are positioned to expand substantially under the reinstatement of Pell Grant eligibility for people in prison. While this change will enable more students who have been systemically excluded from higher education to attend college, degree completion is rare during incarceration and post-release. Student perspectives can…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Educational Benefits, Financial Problems
Inita S. Knox – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Adjudicated youth face a multitude of barriers when reentering school following incarceration. School administrators and educational personnel know very little about how these students perceive their reentry experiences and what the students identify as needed supports, resources, and barriers throughout the process. This qualitative study used…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Barriers, Reentry Students, Institutionalized Persons
Ess Pokornowski – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
Now that federal Pell Grant funding has been reinstated for learners who are incarcerated, the field is in flux. Higher education in prison programs and their home institutions, departments of correction, and accreditation and oversight bodies are all adapting and developing their practices to meet new policy and regulation needs. Two major facets…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Grants, Federal Aid, Reentry Students
Allen Louis Ray – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Since the early 1970s, exponential and unprecedented growth of incarceration rates of Black youths became a critical issue. One in twenty persons, or 5% of the total United States population serve at least six months in federal state prisons by age 40. Recidivism rates in excess of 50% compounded the problem. The purpose of this qualitative…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Student Attitudes, Institutionalized Persons
Olivia R. Hester; Kristine Jolivette – Journal of Correctional Education, 2024
Reentry, also referred to as transition, is a critical component in preparing at-risk youth in juvenile justice facilities for successful postrelease outcomes. However, successfully preparing these youth for reentry into the community and back to traditional K-12 schools is still difficult for many justice facilities. With the continued calls for…
Descriptors: Reentry Students, Juvenile Justice, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Sara Fiorot – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Formerly incarcerated students comprise a population that has been largely overlooked, when it comes to the recognition of their higher education promise and potential (Strayhorn et al., 2013; U.S. Department of Education, 2021). This lack of recognition contributes to the perpetuation of race- and class-based inequities and discounts the talents…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, College Students, Reentry Students, Sense of Community
Edgar Ulises Parrilla – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored the journeys of Formerly Incarcerated Latino Men (FILM) who are turning to higher education as a reentry support for their lives after being released from prison. Offering programs like higher education during reentry is not just about creating new paths and opportunities, something higher education already does for many. The…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Hispanic American Students, Males
James Monogan – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2024
Pell eligibility for incarcerated people is a great rehabilitative opportunity, but several challenges remain. This article recaps five of the issues identified by the original research articles in this special issue. It also considers how solutions proposed in these studies may be beneficial across a variety of these issues and gathers…
Descriptors: Grants, Correctional Education, Educational Finance, Tuition Grants
Jones, Chyrl – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2022
The Second Chance Act authorizes federal grants for comprehensive reentry planning, direct pre- and postrelease services, and sustainable justice system improvements that promote positive youth and family outcomes, reduce recidivism, and increase public safety. This "In Focus" briefly describes two types of Office of Juvenile Justice and…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Reentry Students, Correctional Institutions
Jason Durrell Bostick – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study uplifted the stories of formerly incarcerated and/or system-impacted students attending a California community college (i.e., "Rising Scholars") to provide qualitative context to a growing literature following the state's promotion of support programs at the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, On Campus Students, Academic Support Services, College Programs
Olivia R. Hester; Kristine Jolivette; Sara Sanders; Ashley S. Virgin; Allyson Pitzel – Journal of Correctional Education, 2024
Youth served within juvenile justice facilities are to be afforded the same educational benefits as their peers in nonsecure educational settings, including transition supports. Transition supports include the purposeful delivery of strategies and interventions to build a wide variety of skills based on youth interests and preferences regarding…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Michelle Ronda; Lisa Hale Rose – Teachers College Record, 2024
Background: Between 70 million and 100 million Americans have a record of interaction with the criminal legal system, a group facing stigma and discrimination in civic participation, housing, employment, and education. Justice-impacted people face collateral consequences in the community, making reentry programs essential to success at…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reentry Students, Community College Students, Criminal Law
Shokry Eldaly II – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Scholars and policymakers alike have recognized mass incarceration and criminal recidivism as two of the most profound challenges American society faces. For more than half a century, the United States has been the world's most prominent incarcerator, boasting the highest incarceration rate and the third-highest recidivism rate, with analysts…
Descriptors: Criminals, Correctional Rehabilitation, Correctional Education, Crime
Suzanne Prefontaine Phillips – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Reentry programs are designed to help returning citizens successfully reenter society following their incarceration. Recidivism is a complex phenomenon, but research has shown certain practices and policies can reduce the tendency to reoffend. There is a need for continued development of evidence-based programs to reduce recidivism and social…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Higher Education, Reentry Students