Douglas Duncan dropped out of high school with little self-worth or hope for a future. Associations with the wrong people and a string of poor choices landed him in prison at the age of 24 with three young children at home.
“I believed that my life was over. I believed that I had no possibility of redemption. I believed that prison was all I was worth.” Read More
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What Is Recidivism And What Can We Do About It?
With the highest incarceration rate in the world, the United States is home to an estimated 6.8 million people under supervision in the U.S. adult correctional system, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Read More
16 Years in Prison and 3 College Degrees
“I woke up in a place I didn’t know existed. I thought my life was over.”
These are the words of Sean Pica, who found himself in prison at the age of 16, staring down a 24-year sentence. Young, shy, and ashamed of what he’d done, Sean found himself trying to grow up and survive in prison – all at the same time. Read More
Doris E. Buffett Building for Higher Education in Prison is Building a Better Future!
On September 29th Hudson Link hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in celebration of the grand opening of the Doris E. Buffett Building for Higher Education in Prison – the new, permanent home of Hudson Link. Read More
College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons
College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons, From the Wall Street Journal, By Corinne Ramey: Manhattan district attorney’s office, in agreement with state, allocates $7.5 million in bank forfeiture funds for college programs in prison. Read More
Pope Francis ‘In the Trenches’
Sean Pica from Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison joins Rev. Serene Jones and Joe Watkins to discuss Pope Francis’ address to prisoners in Philadelphia. Read More
