Bard Prison Initiative

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The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) is a program sponsored by Bard College to provide a liberal arts degree to incarcerated individuals in five different prisons in the U.S. State of New York. It currently enrolls nearly 200 students.[1] Since federal funding for prison education programs was eliminated in 1995,[2] the BPI is one of the only college degree granting programs available in U.S. prisons.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Bard Prison Initiative. Bard Prison Initiative website. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
  2. ^ "Maximum Security Education". 60 Minutes. CBS. 2007-04-15. Transcript. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.
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