College in Prison : Reading in an Age of Mass Incarceration.
This book tells the story of the Bard Prison Initiative-a unique example of academic excellence achieved inside high-security prisons across New York State. The rigor of how students learn, and the careers they go on to pursue once released, force us to rethink our beliefs about who is in prison, re...
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Rutgers University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; A Note on the Text; Chapter 1. Getting In. Conflicting Voices and the Politics of College in Prison; Chapter 2. Landscapes. BPI and Mass Incarceration; Chapter 3. Going to Class. Reading Crime and Punishment; Chapter 4. The First Graduation. Figures of Speech; Chapter 5. Replication and Conclusions. College, Prison, and Inequality in America; Acknowledgments; Selected Readings; Index; About the Author.