“Maximum-security inmates at a New Jersey prison have been learning about the literary world with Rutgers University associate professor Emily Allen-Hornblower. But the novelty isn’t that they are studying literature, or even that they are doing it behind bars. ” Read … Continue reading →

Second Chance Pell Offers Prisoners Grants for College Education

NJ-STEP Partners, RU-N and RVCC, Will Participate in U.S. DOE’s Second Chance Pell Pilot Program

Courtesy of Kevin Shea, nj.com “The last time Ean Polke was featured in local newspapers was 2004. He was the defendant in a murder trial, charged with gunning down a city teen two years earlier. During one court session, a … Continue reading →

Allen-Hornblower recently taught a western civilization course at the medium-security Northern State Prison in Newark. Facing a class of 16 men, some incarcerated for decades, Allen-Hornblower presented powerful studies in such works as The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, and … Continue reading →

“I’ve spoken to men and women who are part of programs like NJ-STEP here at Rutgers–Newark,” President Obama said. “You’re giving prisoners a chance to start taking college courses before their release so that they can re-enter society with marketable … Continue reading →

NJ-STEP Program Lets Inmates Earn Degrees

President Obama Will “Ban the Box” to Help “Returning Citizens” Join the Workforce

“I’ve spoken to men and women who are part of programs like NJ-STEP here at Rutgers-Newark. You’re giving prisoners a chance to start taking college courses before their release so that they can re-enter society with marketable skills.” FULL REMARKS … Continue reading →

President Obama Visits RU-N and Talks Criminal Justice Reform

Obama’s speech at Rutgers ‘strikes a chord deep down.

This fall Rutgers University-Newark (RU-N) welcomes its first cohort of 10 students whose college careers began through the New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative Education in Prisons (NJ-STEP) program. NJ-STEP, a statewide initiative administered by RU-N, works in partnership with the … Continue reading →

Rutgers is expanding its program that helps transform lives by giving former prisoners a chance to earn a college degree. Since its inception in 2005, the Mountainview program has enrolled 100 former inmates at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. They have graduated at a … Continue reading →

Feds Launch Pilot College Program for Prisoners

Youth in Juvenile Facilities are Eligible for PELL Grants

3 New York Colleges to Drop Crime Queries for Applicants

NJ-STEP celebrates the graduation of 12 women at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

NJ-STEP program wisely targets recedivism by educating prisoners

The College of New Jersey celebrates Governor Christie’s endorsement of NJ-STEP: “Gov. Christie voices support for TCNJ’s work in NJ-STEP”

The Pace Center at Princeton University was a prominent partner at the Governor Christie’s press conference to endorse NJ-STEP.

NJ-STEP received it’s most prominent endorsement today from Governor Christie.

Address mass incarceration, save black communities

NJ should invest in college for prison inmates