Whoopi Goldberg on ‘The View’ talks Hudson Link Sing Sing Graduation
Whoopi Goldberg shares her experience as commencement speaker at Hudson Link college graduation at Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
Sean Pica on New Statewide Prison Education Initiative
Sean Pica, executive director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, speaks about the Statewide Prison Education Initiative.
Julian Bond Commencement Speech at Hudson Link Graduation
Activist Julian Bond speaks at Hudson Link college graduation at Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
Why NY is Expanding Top Tier Higher Education in Prisons
President Obama became the first sitting president to visit a federal prison last year as he sought to build support for criminal justice reform. While it seemed to have bipartisan support in Congress this year, it now appears to be stalled amid the intensifying election campaign. But one state is moving ahead with a controversial plan to expand a rehabilitation program for some of its prison inmates. Mark Albert reports.
The University of Sing Sing Preview (HBO Documentary Films)
“What happens to a dream deferred?” asked Langston Hughes in his classic poem “Harlem.” The question is especially relevant within the walls of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where 1,700 men serving lengthy prison sentences have the opportunity to attend college through Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison.
Prison Reform through Inmate Education
Sean Pica, executive director of Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison, talks about his organization which provides education services to men and women in four New York state correctional facilities.