College in prison : reading in an age of mass incarceration /

This book chronicles how, since 2001, Bard College has provided hundreds of incarcerated men and women across the country access to a high-quality liberal arts education. Yet this is more than just a story of exceptional individuals triumphing against the odds. It is a study in how the liberal arts...

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Main Author: Karpowitz, Daniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Getting in: conflicting voices and the politics of college in prison
  • 2. Landscapes: BPI and mass incarceration
  • 3. Going to class: reading 'Crime and punishment'
  • 4. The first graduation: figures of speech
  • 5. Replication and conclusions: college, prison, and inequality in America.