/tags/prison-education Prison education en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-12-26/st-louis-musician-18andcounting-lead-art-residency-missouri-prison St. Louis multimedia artist Stan Chisholm is the artist in residence for St. Louis University’s Prison Education Program and will work at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre. The project includes studio sessions and a mural program at the prison for detainees. Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts/2024-12-26/st-louis-musician-18andcounting-lead-art-residency-missouri-prison Chad Davis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-25/wash-us-prison-education-project-celebrates-grads-and-expanding-program Ever since launching the program at Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific in 2014, Rob Henke and Barbara Baumgartner have been passionate leaders of the Washington University Prison Education Project. Dozens of individuals have taken the program’s Wash U-taught courses while incarcerated, and in the past two years, those efforts have started to pay off in the form of earned college degrees. Tue, 25 May 2021 21:41:58 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-25/wash-us-prison-education-project-celebrates-grads-and-expanding-program Evie Hemphill /education/2021-04-23/wash-u-to-offer-college-degree-program-at-missouri-womens-prison-in-vandalia Incarcerated women in Missouri will have the opportunity to work towards earning a degree from Washington University beginning this fall, thanks to a new grant. Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:24:00 GMT /education/2021-04-23/wash-u-to-offer-college-degree-program-at-missouri-womens-prison-in-vandalia Kayla Drake /education/2020-03-04/lack-of-access-long-waitlists-education-in-illinois-prisons When Ralph Gray transferred from one prison in Illinois to another, he didn’t know the move would mean sacrificing access to an education. Gray guessed he… Wed, 04 Mar 2020 12:27:16 GMT /education/2020-03-04/lack-of-access-long-waitlists-education-in-illinois-prisons Lee V. Gaines | Illinois Newsroom /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-11-15/college-behind-bars-looks-at-the-transformative-potential-of-prison-education-programs Filmmaker Lynn Novick’s new documentary “College Behind Bars,” set to air on PBS later this month, follows the journeys of men and women pursuing academic… Fri, 15 Nov 2019 22:37:47 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-11-15/college-behind-bars-looks-at-the-transformative-potential-of-prison-education-programs Evie Hemphill