Last week, President Joe Biden sat down with Hudson Link Alumnus Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez to discuss criminal legal reform and college in prison as part of NowThis presidential forum. A formerly incarcerated activist, JJ Velaquez, was granted clemency in 2021 after spending 23 years in prison. Now, he spends his time on the outside fighting […]
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Western NY Alumni, Thank You!
Last Thursday, October 6th, our Hudson Link staff made the six-hour drive to spend time with our outstanding Western NY Alumni. This is our second gathering in western New York in 2022, and we’re so fortunate to be able to share space, catch up, and strengthen our connections to our folks in this region. The […]
Rise Up 2022: Honoring Our Past While Shaping the Future
The 2nd Annual Rise Up Conference was a huge success with almost 500 participants, speakers, and audience members from all over the United States and around the world! Higher education in prison is a field that has experienced a period of rapid expansion over the last twenty years. Although there is a lot of discussion […]
Thinking Back & Looking Forward: Part I & II
We’re very excited to share with you all the attached series put together by Hudson Link. “Thinking Back & Looking Forward” is a multipart conversation chronicling the responses of two correctional leaders, Brian Fischer and Elaine Lord, and two formerly incarcerated leaders, Cheryl Wilkins and John Valverde, following the ban on incarcerated people’s access to […]
Celebrating Graduates at Greene Correctional Facility
On June 22nd, Hudson Link was lucky enough to host another in-person graduation ceremony, this time at Greene Correctional Facility. The class of 2022 at Greene consisted of three students who received their associate degrees in applied science and individual studies from our partners at Columbia-Greene Community College. No two educational journeys look alike, and […]
Celebrating Our Largest Group of Taconic Graduates
The second graduation was held at Taconic Correctional Facility the following afternoon where we had the opportunity to celebrate graduates from the class of 2021 and the class of 2022 including the first-ever class of Bachelor’s Degree graduates at Taconic. Seven graduates received their associate degrees from their graduation in 2021, and 13 students received […]
