| 来源类型 | Report |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program: A historical overview | |
| Gerard Robinson; Elizabeth English Smith | |
| 发表日期 | 2017-09-18 |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Key Points In July 2015, the Obama administration announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program to support postsecondary opportunities for those incarcerated in federal and state prisons. Providing federal financial aid for prisoners’ education is not a new idea: Through the Higher Education Act of 1965, prisoners were eligible to receive a Pell Grant to pay for college courses until legislation in 1994 prohibited them from doing so. The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program opens up that opportunity once again. As the pilot program begins its second year this fall, this brief seeks to fill a knowledge gap for policymakers, researchers, and advocates by addressing the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program’s history and policy implications that shape our national debates about higher education opportunities for those in prison. Read the full PDF. Introduction Prisoner rehabilitation through postsecondary education is one of the most contested ideas in criminal justice policy today. At the center of our national debate surrounding crime and punishment are more than 200-year-old questions about the role prisons should play in a civil society. Are America’s prisons designed for corporal punishment, human improvement, or a combination thereof? Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the United States government has provided conflicting answers to the American public. Using Pell Grants to pay for prisoners’ postsecondary education is one example. In July 2015, the Obama administration announced the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program to support postsecondary opportunities for those incarcerated in federal and state prisons.1 Providing federal financial aid for prisoners’ education is not a new idea. Under Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, prisoners were eligible to receive a Pell Grant to pay for college courses.2 But providing federal aid to prisoners fell out of favor with many congressional Democrats and Republicans in the early 1990s as the “tough on crime” era overshadowed rehabilitation efforts in prisons, including education.3 In the wake of that era, the passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 banned prisoners from receiving Pell aid. Obama’s support of providing Pell Grants for prisoners reignited the long-standing “tough on crime” versus rehabilitation debate. For example, in 2015 Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) sponsored the Restoring Education and Learning Act of 2015 to permanently lift the 1994 Pell Grant ban. In response, Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), and Rep. Tom Reed (R-CA) introduced the 2015 Kids Before Cons Act, which would have banned the Department of Education from providing Pell Grants to prisoners.4 Even today, this debate underpins many current policy conversations in the criminal justice space, including those surrounding the reauthorization of the Second Chance Act of 2008, which provides federal funds to states, local governments, and nonprofits to support post-release education and employment opportunities.5 With the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program in its second year, and with another administration in the White House, a new era in American politics has painted an unclear picture of what the future holds for postsecondary education programs operating behind prison walls. This brief seeks to fill a knowledge gap for policymakers, researchers, and advocates by addressing the Second Chance Pell Pilot Program’s history and policy implications that shape our national debates about higher education opportunities for those in prison. Read the full report. Notes |
| 主题 | Education |
| 标签 | education ; Higher education ; Human Dignity Project ; prison ; Prison education and reentry ; recidivism |
| URL | https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-second-chance-pell-pilot-program-a-historical-overview/ |
| 来源智库 | American Enterprise Institute (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/206431 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gerard Robinson,Elizabeth English Smith. The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program: A historical overview. 2017. |
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