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  • Pell Grant funding will soon be widely available for prison-based college classes

    Apr 19, 2022 10:45 am by TruthoutIllinois in the News
    textbook sits on a table before barred windows as in a prison. Photo by TAPUI / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS

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    • textbook sits on a table before barred windows as in a prison. Photo by TAPUI / ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS

    Truthout (April 18) U of I Education Justice Project director Rebecca Ginsberg is worried that programs motivated by profit and unprepared to deal with carceral settings could reinforce the dehumanizing aspects of prison.