Education

Feature June 8, 2018

Can a violent adult jail teach kids to love school?

By Eli Hager

Life Inside June 7, 2018

Our victories over college students weren’t just for us—they were for incarcerated people everywhere.

By Daniel S. Throop

Life Inside May 24, 2018

“This is the path my life had to take so I could be strong.”

By Arielle Pierre, as told to Nicole Lewis

Life Inside April 5, 2018

“Taking classes helped me forget that I wasn’t free.”

By Marcus Lilly, as told to Nicole Lewis

News March 28, 2018

Obama revived Pell grants for prisoners, but the program faces a cloudy future.

By Nicole Lewis

Commentary September 21, 2017

A Harvard sociologist on a recent story from The Marshall Project and the ways violence begets more violence.

By Bruce Western

Commentary September 14, 2017

How her prison education saved us a million bucks

By Bill Keller

Feature September 13, 2017

In prison for 20 years, Michelle was chosen for Harvard's elite graduate history program. Then she was unchosen.

By Eli Hager

News July 27, 2017

Can Sex Sell Peace?

An adman thinks it can help.

By Justin George

News May 31, 2017

A new survey of 2,000 federal prisoners reveals big gaps in teaching reentry skills.

By Justin George