HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Higher education is coming to incarcerated individuals at Hudson Correctional Facility. A new Prison Education Program will be offered with Columbia-Greene Community College.

Edgar Bowser, who received a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Boston University’s Prison Education Program, is up for parole for the fifth time for killing a police officer in 1975 when he was 16.

Diplomas represent the culmination of years of hard work, perseverance, and commitment to education inside MacDougall–Walker Correctional Institution. Photo credit: Karen Pearson Zelda Roland, Ph.D., ...

The Prison Education Program, a program offered through Columbia- Greene Community College for incarcerated individuals is ...

The program will allow eligible individuals in Hudson Correctional Facility to earn associate's degrees.

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

Bowie State University and Maryland's Department of Public Safety partner to empower incarcerated students through education and unity during Black History Month.

Nicholas Reyes, an assistant math professor at UT Austin, organizes a fundraiser for the Texas Prison Education Initiative ...

After being arrested for an unlawful altercation, Darnell Epps ’21 and his brother Darryl served 17-and-a-half years in prison. They had “little reason to be optimistic,” they told the Cornell ...

Wayne State University's new Prison Education Program launches this fall at the Macomb Correctional Facility, making the Detroit university the newest member of the Michigan Consortium for Higher ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program (BCPEP), the state’s largest higher education program for people who are incarcerated, will expand to offer college classes to women at the Massachusetts ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program, already the largest higher education prison program in the state, is expanding to serve women incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in ...