Public, private grants add momentum to UW System Prison Education Initiative – WPR

A two-year push to make college education more accessible to Wisconsin inmates has gained momentum with nearly $6 million in public and private grants.

The funding will help matriculate inmates and “break the back of recidivism,” Tommy Thompson, University of Wisconsin System interim president and former governor, said.

Thompson first announced his Prison Education Initiative in December 2020. The pitch was simple: build UW System degree programs at state prisons and ultimately turn one into an “educational institution.”

Source: Public, private grants add momentum to UW System Prison Education Initiative