{"id":58533,"date":"2021-08-04T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=58533"},"modified":"2021-08-03T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T18:41:23","slug":"expansion-of-second-chance-pell-grants-will-let-more-people-in-prison-pursue-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/expansion-of-second-chance-pell-grants-will-let-more-people-in-prison-pursue-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of Second Chance Pell Grants will let more people in prison pursue degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the Obama administration\u00a0launched the Second Chance Pell program in 2016<\/a>, the idea was to provide incarcerated people the chance to get a college education despite a\u00a0longstanding congressional ban<\/a>\u00a0on Pell Grants for people serving time.<\/p>\n

Pell Grants are federal grants for college students of limited financial means. The awards will be worth up to\u00a0US$6,495 for the 2021\u201322 school year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even though\u00a0Congress ended the federal ban in 2020<\/a>, the lifting of the ban doesn\u2019t fully take effect until July 2023.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s one reason why, on July 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education\u00a0announced that it would be expanding<\/a>\u00a0the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative. Higher education institutions can apply to be considered for the 2022-23 academic year.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the number of colleges and universities providing higher education under Second Chance Pell will\u00a0reach 200<\/a>. That\u2019s significantly more than the\u00a0130 sites<\/a>\u00a0operating in 42 states and the District of Columbia as of 2020.<\/p>\n

As someone who studies\u00a0correctional education<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0prisoner reentry<\/a>, I see this expanded access to higher education in prison as something that will bring many benefits to not only the incarcerated individuals who get an education but to society as well.<\/p>\n

Less crime<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Even before Second Chance Pell, prison education had already been proved as an effective way to prevent crime.<\/p>\n

A commonly cited 2013\u00a0RAND Corporation study<\/a>\u00a0found that those who participate in prison education were 43% less likely to re-offend when released. In 2018, the RAND Corporation\u00a0expanded their research<\/a>\u00a0and found that the impact was even greater \u2013 with prison education participants 48% less likely to re-offend.<\/p>\n

If re-offense rates remain low as Second Chance Pell expands, states would likely begin to spend less taxpayer money on prison costs. A\u00a02019 cost savings analysis<\/a>\u00a0by Georgetown University projected that states would save over US$300 million a year because of lower re-offense rates among Second Chance Pell participants.<\/p>\n

Better employment<\/strong><\/h4>\n

People who participate in education programs in prison are 13%\u00a0more likely to get jobs<\/a>\u00a0upon release than those who do not participate. The\u00a0unemployment rate<\/a>\u00a0for someone with a bachelor\u2019s degree is 3.7% compared with 6.7% for someone with a high school diploma or equivalent.<\/p>\n

And the annual earnings are nearly 70% higher at roughly\u00a0$64,900 for someone with a bachelor\u2019s degree versus about $38,800 for someone with only a high school diploma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This suggests that the higher the level of education a person gets while incarcerated, the more likely they are to find work and pay taxes upon release.<\/p>\n

There has been no large-scale study to test whether Second Chance Pell participation reduces re-offending and improves employment outcomes. However, a 2021 report shows that the first four years of the Second Chance Pell experiment yielded participation from\u00a022,000 students, with 7,000 credentials awarded<\/a>, including 3,499 certificates, 3,035 associate degrees and 540 bachelor degrees.<\/p>\n

Anticipated actions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

With declining\u00a0college enrollments<\/a>\u00a0across the country and the need to\u00a0increase revenue<\/a>, colleges may be more willing than ever to serve incarcerated students.<\/p>\n

This willingness is likely to increase once the federal ban on Pell Grants to incarcerated students is fully lifted in 2023. These developments also come at a time when\u00a0states are investing in opportunities<\/a>\u00a0to provide more higher education to people in prison as a way to improve their social and economic mobility when released.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Andrea Cantora is <\/span>Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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