Doesn't Happen Every Day

This doesn't happen every day, but it is cool when it does. I was recently quoted in the New York Times.

Leaving Prison Doors Behind, Some Find New Doors Open - New York Times

"In 1994, Congress removed prison inmates from eligibility for Pell Grants, a major federal program of aid to low-income students that was the financial backbone of most in-prison college programs. Many states, including New York, followed the federal lead and removed prison inmates from their own college aid programs.

As a result, about 25,000 inmates taking part in such programs with Pell Grants had their "education abruptly ended," according to a study by Kenneth Mentor, an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. By 1997, only 8 college prison programs remained active nationwide, compared with as many as 350 in previous years, Mr. Mentor said."

Here is the paper referred to in this article.