Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison

by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

Book Overview

An authoritative and thought-provoking argument for offering free college in prisons--from the former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Anthony Cardenales was a stickup artist in the Bronx before spending seventeen years in prison. Today he is a senior manager at a recycling plant in Westchester, New York. He attributes his ability to turn his life around to the college degree he earned in prison. Many college-in-prison...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620970597
• ISBN13: 9781620970591
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"