Prison University Project instructor Nigel Poor and Tommy Shakur Ross of the San Quentin Prison Report tell the story of what happens when inmates go back to school.
Attribution: This originally appeared on KALW on May 4, 2015.
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Please note that the Prison University Project became Mount Tamalpais College in September 2020.
News: Today, ED is announcing new efforts to expand access to higher education in prison for justice-involved individuals. [🧵 1/6 ] https://blog.ed.gov/2021/07/new-efforts-to-increase-access-to-pell-grants-for-incarcerated-students/
"He's practicing out on the yard at San Quentin, and Pat and Antwan have voices from the yard swirling around the saxophone in the mix. It immediately conjures the place, and the talents and hopes of the guys in there." https://buff.ly/2OzPBxy (2/2)
This fall, I am co-teaching a course on Linguistics and Language to incarcerated people at Mount Tam College at San Quentin Prison. I am so honored!
We can't use any technology, so if you have any resources you can share, please do! The course will be socio-heavy. RTing helps 🙃
