Higher Education Behind Prison Walls

The Prison University Project at San Quentin Prison in California enrolls about 320 students in associate’s degree programs. More than 100 faculty members from Stanford, the University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and other educational institutions volunteer their time as instructors. Of the total number of students enrolled in the Prison University Project, more than half are African Americans.

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