Research Article
Returning to School After Incarceration: Policy, Prisoners, and the Classroom
Thanks to LaGuardia Community College Student Government Association (SGA), LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, and the Fortune Society for support in the writing of this chapter.
Abstract
This chapter addresses the challenges facing men of color who return to adult education after incarceration. It frames their experience as a war from a sociopolitical and cultural context, and then explains the support men need to succeed both in and outside the classroom.
Citing Literature
Number of times cited: 3
- Ramon B. Goings, Nontraditional Black Male Undergraduates: A Call to Action, Adult Learning, 28, 3, (121), (2017).
- Demi Simi and Jonathan Matusitz, Ageism Against Older U.S. College Students: A View from Social Closure Theory, Interchange, 47, 4, (391), (2016).
- Joni Schwartz, After Incarceration and Adult Learning, Adult Learning, 26, 2, (51), (2015).
