Documentary provides rare look at higher education in prison

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What is prison for? Should it include a college education?

 

Those two questions are at the heart of “College Behind Bars,” a new documentary that airs Nov. 25 and 26 on PBS. The documentary – by Lynn Novick and produced by Sarah Botstein and Ken Burns – offers a rare, up-close look at how offering higher education in a correctional facility can change lives.

Link: https://theconversation.com/documentary-provides-rare-look-at-higher-education-in-prison-125697