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CNN coverage of San Quentin's Prison University Project

By Douglas A. Berman

CNN has this upbeat story about education efforts in one of California's most famous prisons.  Here are snippets:Lt. Sam Robinson, a 27-year veteran of San Quentin, gave a tour of 27 vocational programs run by about 3,000 volunteers as part of the Prison University Project, a nonprofit education program that offers many black men an opportunity to earn an associate of arts degree. It helps give those eligible for parole the intellectual tools to compete in a vastly changing job market. Advocates say that many black men imprisoned across America, particularly nonviolent drug-related offenders, have enormous potential to become productive, law-abiding members of society through higher education in prison. University of California at Berkeley professor Rebecca Carter volunteers as a biology instructor at San Quentin...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 21, 2008 (boomark / email).