All posts tagged "Vera Institute"

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  Education-minded prisoners thirst for more college prison programs 

  Most prisons aren’t built to promote healthy, human transformation, let alone to help people pursue a higher education. Most prisons don’t create...

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  At detention facilities offering high school diplomas, college classes are seen as next step

  In mid-February 2022, 20 young men across eight of the facilities started working on an associate’s degree from Middlesex, becoming the first...

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  Trauma Runs Through Gun Violence Among Black Youth, Researcher Says

  Of all the threads of injustice, trauma is the common theme that contributes to a culture of gun violence for black youth...