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Category: human rights

March 15, 2019June 10, 2021 Cynthia Kaufman civil rights, criminal legal system, education, human rights

Bring Back Pell Grants for Prisoners

When I was in working on my PhD in philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, I paid for part of my education by teaching in prison. For me it was an incredibly rewarding experience. It was great working these students who had time to read and think, and wonder in the deep ways … Continue reading Bring Back Pell Grants for Prisoners

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