Links to Adams State-PEP Media


 Name of Article

 Date

 Name of   Publication   

 Link

Colorado Becomes One of the First to Employ an Incarcerated Professor

 February 28,   2024

El Semanario

https://www.elsemanarioonline.com/colorado-becomes-one-of-the-first-to-employ-an-incarcerated-professor/

Incarcerated Coloradans could get released early by going to college

 February 16,   2023

NPR for Nothern Colorado

https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-02-16/incarcerated-coloradans-could-get-released-early-by-going- to-college

From Prison to Professor, breaking the cycle   of recidivism and crime

 January 31,   2024

Colorado Public Radio

https://www.cpr.org/show-episode/jan-31-2024-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-quantum-hub-from-prison-to-professor/

Colorado’s unique move to hire incarcerated  professor highlights
value of prison education

 January 23,   2024

NPR for Nothern Colorado

https://www.kunc.org/podcast/inthenoco/2024-01-23/colorados-unique-move-to-hire-incarcerated-professor-highlights-value-of-prison-education

A Groundbreaking Prison Education Program at Adams State Gets Help from the  Mellon Foundation

 January 17,   2024

ASTATER Magazine

https://issuu.com/adamsstatecollege/docs/astater_winter_2023-issuu

When Education Becomes the Metric for Clemency, Some People Get Left Behind

 January 10,  2024

College Inside

https://www.opencampusmedia.org/2024/01/10/when-education-becomes-the-metric-for-clemency-some-people-get-left-behind/

Colorado Becomes One of the First to Employ an Incarcerated Professor

 January 7,   2024

ScheerPost

https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/07/colorado-becomes-one-of-the-first-to-employ-an-incarcerated-professor/

Colorado becomes one of the first to employ  an incarcerated professor

 January      6,   2024

Longmont Leader

https://www.longmontleader.com/schools/colorado-becomes-one-of-the-first-to-employ-an-incarcerated-professor-8056795

People incarcerated in Colorado can now reduce their prison sentence by earning a college degree

 

 July               5, 2023

The Colorado Sun

https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/05/colorado-prison-higher-education-sentence-reduction/

Colorado hires first incarcerated professor to teach inmates

  January       5,   2024

Axios Denver

https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/01/05/colorado-incarcerated-professor-adams-state-university

Colorado becomes one of the first to employ an incarcerated professor

 January        4,   2024

Chalkbeat

https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/01/04/incarcerated-professor-teaches-college-classes-in-prison/

Colorado se convierte en uno de los primeros en emplear a un profesor encarcelado

 January        4,   2024

Chalkbeat

https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2024/01/17/profesor-encarcelado-ensena-cursos-universitarios-en-prision/

Arches Education Center: Inside the Grand County Jail

 December   26,  2023

The Times-Independent

https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/arches-education-center-inside-the-grand-county-jail/

‘We need more high-impact learning practices in prison’

 November   14, 2023

College Inside

https://www.opencampusmedia.org/2023/11/14/we-need-more-high-impact-learning-practices-in-prison/

How a new law will help incarcerated Coloradans reduce their sentence through a college education

 April           27,  2023

ChalkBeat

https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2023/4/27/23698139/prison-sentence-reduce-colorado-law-hb1037-shorten-sentences-representative-matthew-martinez/

CSU Pueblo, PCC Part of the new program allowing inmates to reduce sentences through higher ed

 April 25,   2023

The Pueblo Chieftain

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2023/04/25/pueblo-colleges- to-help-doc-inmates-reduce-sentences-through-degrees/70130640007/

Law Significantly Cuts Prison Time for Higher Ed Credentials

 April 19,   2023

Diverse

https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15383 367/law-significantly-cuts-prison-time-for-higher-ed-credentials

Colorado reduces prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education

 April             14, 2023

Colorado Politics

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/colorado-reduced-prison-time-higher-education/article_ 76145bba-d969-11ed-bca8-137d2541a234.html

Colorado Bill Deducting Prison Time for  Inmates Earning Academic Credentials Passes 61-1 in State House

 February     23, 2023

Diverse Education

https://www.diverseeducation.com/leadership-policy/article/15307 267/colorado-bill-deducting-priso n-time-for-inmates-earning-academic-credentials-passes-611-in-state-house

 

House passes bill to reduce prison sentences for inmates pursuing higher education

 February     21,   2023

 9news

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-bill-reduce-prison-sentence-highereducation/73-9294dd3f-4ca1-45c8-91f3-bc3b2910f1af

‘Outdated’ Correspondence Courses May Be Just What Prison Students Need

 December   30,   2022

 TheNationalMemo

https://www.nationalmemo.com/outdated-correspondence-courses-may-be-just-what-prison-students-need

Beyond prison walls: offenders at Colorado territorial correction facility celebrate accomplishments with graduation

 December   16,   2022

 Canon City Daily   Record

https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2022/12/16/beyond-prison-walls-offenders-at-colorado-territorial-correction-facility-celebrate-accomplishments-with-graduation/

Educating Incarcerated Individuals: An Easy Choice

 December   18,   2022

 Westword

https://www.westword.com/news/prison-education-incarceration-commentary-15720107

When a WA prison closed, dozens of college dreams died with it

 December     6,   2022

 The Seattle Times

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/when-a-wa-prison-closed-dozens-of-college-dreams-died-with-it/

Bringing Prison to the Classroom

— and the Classroom to Prison

 May              18,   2022

 Regis Magazine

https://www.regis.edu/news/2022/magazine/05/regis-professor-educating-men-and-women-in-prison

Prisoners Write About COVID-19: ‘Who Cares When The Disposable Die?’

 May                 8, 2020

 CPR News

https://www.cpr.org/2020/05/07/prisoners-write-about-covid-19-who-cares-when-the-disposable-die/

College Behind Bars

 November   19,  2019

 Boston Review

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/shannon-ross-college-behind-bars/

Top 5 College Correspondence Programs for Prisoners

 January 14,   2018

 HuffPost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/top-5-college-corresponde_b_1411 5742

These Alamosa Women Are More Than Prison Pen Pals,They’re Teachers

 December    20, 2017

 CPR News

https://www.cpr.org/2017/12/20/these-alamosa-women-are-more-than-prison-pen-pals-theyre-teachers/