Yale, University of New Haven partnership celebrates first degrees awarded to inmates
Future graduate Evan Holmes wipes his eyes after delivering a speech at the first-ever college graduation ceremony at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Suffield, Conn. The ceremony was held under a partnership established in 2021 by the...
Fetty Wap sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug trafficking conspiracy
Rapper Fetty Wap at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards in New Jersey. - Caitlin Ochs/Reuters By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN May 25, 2023 A federal court in Central Islip, New York sentenced William Junior Maxwell II, also known as rapper Fetty Wap, to six years’ imprisonment and five...
The blues returns to Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm
Inmate/students practice blues harmonica during a classroom session of the Blues Tradition in American Literature course inside Parchman Prison in Mississippi. John Burnett May 13, 2023 By John Burnett - NPR PARCHMAN, Miss. — Nine big men sit attentively at their desks inside...
John Legend knows the obstacles of life after prison. He wants you to know them too
May 4, 2023 By Lilly Quiroz - NPR When incarcerated people leave prison, are they actually free? Turns out, the singer/songwriter John Legend is one of 113 million American adults who has had a family member incarcerated. He tells his family's story in this 30-minute...
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