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Documentary provides rare look at higher education in prison

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
Students in an advanced bachelor's degree seminar in the Bard Prison Initiative at Eastern New York Correctional Facility.Skiff Mountain Films

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 –...

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