A QUIET START I allow myself to sleep no later than 7:30, because on a weekday I get up around 5. My family took care of me for 12 years while I was in prison, and now I'm in a position in life where I can support and be there for them. And that totally allowed me to reimagine myself. He started his college education behind bars. Turkish prisons do not have a specific policy regarding children, but in general, they are not allowed in prison. The journey to bring "College Behind Bars" started in 2012, when Novick and producer Sarah Botstein were invited to give a lecture for BPI students. This film is about the transformative power of education while also confronting and challenging conventional thinking about the purpose of both education and incarceration. But in reality, out here, the degrees matter. I'm a math major, went on after that to do some project management and data collection for a tech company and then started thinking about how I could get back in the world. I realized that all my experiences and my skills were related to prison work. I'm not going to wear that. Ill get up and just sit in silence in my apartment. DAVIES: We're talking about the new PBS documentary "College Behind Bars" with Lynn Novick, who directed the series. The recent PBS series, "College Behind Bars," chronicles Mr. Hall's eventual parole and release in 2015. I mean, I think there are a lot of powerful stories in these documentaries of these students. TURN ON THE TAP NY PRAISES GOVERNOR HOCHUL FOR INCLUDING TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IN BUDGET You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. "We all have. After returning home, BPI alumni become independent taxpaying citizens. DAVIES: Sebastian Yoon, tell us what it was like getting started in these classes. (Speaking Korean) Thank you. Celebrating 200+ degrees in six graduations back in person with Congressman Bobby Rush. Theres not many bathtubs that can accommodate me, but I have a bathtub that partially can, as long as I put my legs up on the wall. By creating an account, you acknowledge that PBS may share your information with our member stations and our respective service providers, and that you have read and understand the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. I was a very precocious child. 4/22/2019 Since its first cohort in 2001, BPI students have earned over 52,000 credits and more than 550 Bard College degrees. So you have this problem where you have to try to juggle these two realities, one of which is so beautiful and one of which is so dark and disgusting where you have to reveal your body and your orifices. College Behind Bars was filmed over four years at two different prisons by Novick and producer Sarah Botstein, allowing the show to follow what happens to students in BPI: some transform,. DAVIES: There was a time when higher education in correctional facilities was pretty common. You know, he likes to tell me, you know, many people, when they get pushed down to their hands and knees, the easiest thing for them to do is just lay down. And that's - Pell grants are supposed to be based on economic need. I'm going to ask each of you to give me your first impressions here. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. I'm Terry Gross, and this is FRESH AIR. WASHER WARS After that, I will follow that bike lane back home and do my laundry. And when we leave this room tonight, there is now something that can be taken away from you that's completely different than when you walked in. College Behind Bars remains - especially in the first episode - admirably focused on the practicalities of prison life and prison programmes. And it was often a joke that I would show up at school and get all these awards, and they would say, but you were never here. DAVIES: And if you're in class when it's time for a count, what happens? In 1993, Mr. Hall, then 17, was involved in a gunfight in Brooklyn, when a bullet fired toward him killed his neighbor instead. PBS chronicles 12 inmates who value education in 'College Behind Bars' The film fills the screen with stories about human transformation as cameras follow a dozen incarcerated men and women. I don't think I heard anybody use that as an excuse for committing crimes, though. Sebastian Yoon, how long after your graduation did you have to serve before you got - were released? Lynn Novick, Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, welcome to FRESH AIR. TATRO: So I actually graduated with my BA after I was released from prison. For more information about ways to support the Bard Prison Initiative, please visit our Support page or contact bpidevelopment@bard.edu. I'm an uncle. So I grew up in Flushing, Queens. They appear in the PBS documentary "College Behind Bars," directed by Lynn Novick. I'm Terry Gross. I worked as a cook. YOON: I never stopped being a student. DAVIES: We're talking about the new PBS documentary "College Behind Bars" with Lynn Novick, the director, and with Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, two formerly incarcerated graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative. Fact: What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education? And they really love to engage the professors and each other, and that was true for every single class. DAVIES: Lynn Novick, congratulations on the documentary. BPI alumni overwhelmingly go home to their communities and give back in ways that positively impact the lives of others. So we really take the opportunity that we had seriously and try to give back in real, tangible ways to the wider population. Starbucks is a place where people dont notice each other; theyre more focused on their computer or their phone. Become a BPI supporter today and join a passionate community that believes in the power of education. YOON: My family has been super supportive of me, as you'll see in the documentary, especially my father. Josie Duffy Rice and co-host Derecka Purnell are joined by Dyjuan Tatro '18 andReadMore, The Bard Prison Initiative is a revolutionary program that provides a rigorous college education to men and women in prison. That means that 50% to 60% of the 630,000 people who get out of prison every year are back in prison in three years. I don't see myself as a person. Your purchase supports PBS and helps make our programming possible. Few completed high school; most earned their GED in prison. GLOBAL DINNER SCENE I eat out on Sunday another thing Im privileged to do because of my job. Once enrolled, BPI students engage with the college full-time, embarking on a course of study that is ambitious and matches the breadth and intensity of any undergraduate learning experience. And it's just really, really - has been so emotional for me to see their reaction and have their support through all this and be able to share so much positivity with them after having gone through so much darkness in life. Men and women seek college degrees - and a chance at redemption - while incarcerated. 1. (SOUNDBITE OF MARCUS ROBERTS' "IT'S MARIA'S DANCE"). Creating educational opportunities in prison nationwide. And I was bullied a lot. And also with us are Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, two formerly incarcerated graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative. TATRO: Sure. I hope you'll join us. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The faculty generally find this experience so energizing because of that exact thing - that they have to sort of - if they're teaching a course on the Bard campus and in BPI, they actually have to make the BPI version a bit harder, get more assignments and, you know, up the reading because the students are just so eager for the material and expect so much. And that had been true for over a generation, and it was well understood and accepted that education was an essential part of criminal justice and of rehabilitation. Through the lived experiences of the students and their families, this is a groundbreaking story of incarceration, injustice, race in America, and the transformative power of education. college behind bars where are they now. You have this big smile on your face when you're leaving the auditorium and the mess hall. NOVICK: Yeah. And then I saw that it worked. GROSS: Lynn Novick speaking with Dave Davies. This is a scene where there's a group of brand-new students at the Eastern Correctional Facility, which is a maximum security facility in New York, just been admitted to the program after a competitive admissions process, and what we see is a not terribly large classroom and a group of 15 to 20 men in blue jumpsuits seated at typical classroom desks. WebCollege Behind Bars, which airs on PBS Monday and Tuesday night, offers TV audiences a rare window into the U.S. correctional system. Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate. Bard Prison Initiative graduate Sebastian Yoon, featured in the new PBS documentary College Behind Bars, shares how BPI changed him and the Eastern Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated until March. Ken Burns is executive producer. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Once I put something in my stomach, I bike ride. While Rodney and Sebastian complete their 100-page senior projects and present them to fac, Men and women in prison for serious crimes try to earn college degrees in this groundbreaking story of incarceration, inju, When incarcerated students from the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) Debate Union beat a team from Harvard, their victory made. People were invested in this. I have watched them leave prison and have to struggle in ways that I have not because I have had the privilege of a college education. Adjust the colors to reduce glare and give your eyes a break. What kind of courses are taught? If this kind of opportunity were widely available and the sort of foundational skills made possible, a lot more people could take advantage of it. The type of things that are available to people in prison currently are somewhat outdated. All rights reserved. Did you feel yourself changing as you moved through these courses? How much noise is there, and does that make it hard to read, Dyjuan? This clip from Lynn Novicks College Behind Bars highlights the kind of academic work BPI students are doing as we defy expectations of who college is for and where it might lead. Your education in that space can be interrupted in all types of different ways at any time of day. Ill fix me a scrambled egg with a cinnamon raisin bagel in my toaster. And within, you know, a month, they're doing college-level reading and writing. I mean, it's a wide range of liberal arts curriculums. James Wiley. As they begin their studies at Eastern and Taconic Correctional facilities, they discover that they will be held to the same high standards as Bard College students on the main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson. Leath on "Born Behind Bars" Those interviewed in the video say Leath truly cared about the babies and their mothers in the nursery. Others that have to do, you know, kind of routine prison jobs instead of being in class - was there jealousy or resentment? Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. COLLEGE BEHIND BARS, a four-part documentary film series, tells the story of a small group of incarcerated men and women struggling to earn college degrees and turn their lives around in one of the most rigorous and effective prison education programs in the United States - the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). I have two brothers - one older, one younger. In this era of mass incarceration, America is the world's largest jailer, with more than 2 million men and women behind bars; 630,000 are released annually, and nearly 50 percent end up back in . Who has access to educational opportunity? It was seeing what happens when students are first confronted with material that seems really daunting, and they have to learn to think critically and express ideas that are kind of uncomfortable and that over time you see them - they're - you know, their thinking and expression becomes sharper and more sophisticated. At BPI, we are committed to investing in people, reinventing institutions and making genuine education more accessible. I thought it was incredibly well done in all ways. They worked with former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, whose dossier was leaked and published. In the beginning, you don't even know how to use a comma. Today, BPI enrolls over 300 incarcerated students full-time in programs that culminate in degrees from Bard College; it offers extensive support for its alumni in and around New York City; and, it has developed the BPI Summer Residency, an intensive, experiential, and hands-on series of workshops on the nuts and bolts of college-in-prison for new and emerging practitioners led by BPI staff and alumni. (SOUNDBITE OF STEFON HARRIS AND BLACKOUT'S "DAT DERE"). And then upon entering prison, I felt the same otherness that I felt while I was in middle and high school. DAVIES: And have you both stayed in touch with folks you knew from the program and helped - people you helped? My father was in Vietnam, came home drug-addicted and has never really recovered from that. Of course, I recognize where this comes from: I wasnt around children for 22 years. So I pedal pretty forcefully to get a workout. It radiates and ramifies throughout my entire family structure, you know? Max is the founder and executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative, and Rodney received his bachelor's degree from Bard College in 2017 through the Bard Prison Initiative. DAVIES: Wow, that's really remarkable. In December 2020 Congress finally restored Pell Grant eligibility as part of the omnibus spending and COVID relief bill. DAVIES: Right. For me, my family has been YOON: My dad, appa, I'm sorry for having dishonored our family, for putting you through such an undeserved and unbearable pain. "College Behind Bars" airs on PBS stations tonight and tomorrow. It's about a program in which professors of Bard College give college classes in six correctional institutions. When you watch College Behind Bars, which began last night on PBS and concludes tonight, or anyReadMore. This movement took on renewed urgency following Congresss reinstatement of Pell Grant access to incarcerated students in 2020. Sometimes, it could take six hours. The series follows the inmates as they give birth and raise their children behind bars. I'm interested in your take on this - whether vocational programs should be there. This is FRESH AIR. Creating educational opportunities in prison nationwide. How can we have justice without redemption? Reimagining the place of higher education. College Behind Bars, an Emmy-nominated, four-part documentary about the transformative power of education. DAVIES: You know, it's interesting, Lynn Novick. The PBSand Emmy-nominated documentary "College Behind Bars" seeks to showcase the students of BPI as well as the need for more prison college programs throughout the country. We always have to be mindful of how those people like myself are returning back to their communities and back to their families. I mean, I think, you know, having taught in the program myself, you walk into class, and the students are there. I may watch Netflix, but I generally just read. CAST OF CHARACTERS Im ashamed to say this, but I people-watch. "Officer Leath was a true example of an officer dedicated not only to safety and security of the prison infant unit, but also exemplified the goal to help incarcerated women become good mothers before leaving . You got this education, and you're trying to help people now. And I just wonder if you could reflect a bit on how it might have changed you - Dyjuan. DAVIES: Dyjuan Tatro, what was your graduation experience like? They become the support system that we need to rely on. One of the Bard professors said, you know, I don't have all these multimedia tools that you do in a big institution, but when you're in a class where everybody's done the reading, you don't need them as much. As public funding of college-in-prison returns to the field the question shifts from Will there be college-in-prison? John & Catherine Debs, The Cousins Foundation, Inc., Abrams Foundation, Schwartz/Reisman Foundation, Ted Dintersmith & Elizabeth Hazard, McCloskey Family Charitable Trust, and Donna & Dick Strong. You know, one of the great things about being in BPI and one of the great things about this education happening in the educational space is that it really, really motivates people to be the best selves and to go on after this opportunity. However, I think that we also have to realize that we live in a country and we have an economy where the type of work that vocational training used to give you no longer exists. The fifth annual BPI Public Health Fellowship Symposium featured the 2021 Public Health Fellows virtual presentations of their projects captured in the video above and the conversations linked below. NOVICK: Yeah, pretty much. BPI transforms wealth, power, and purpose in America by providing full-scholarship, college education in the most unlikely places. They were doing advanced mathematics, math without numbers on the board. You can see then Minister. Accuracy and availability may vary. In the fall of 2015, a maximum-security prison in New York invited Harvards debate team to compete against a squad of three incarcerated men. YOON: There's this moment where you walk past his door, and all you see is curtains and officers waiting in, like, rows. You know, I would go in and do all the work in a day or two, and the expectations were really, really low. Your support helps make this possible. YOON: Two more years after my bachelor's degree in 2017. And today, there are 300 students in six facilities in New York state, mostly men, but there's one facility for women as well. In August 2022, BPI joined colleagues across the field in issuing public comments in response to the Department of Educations proposed regulatory language. fevereiro 17, 2023; Posted by nene leakes father alan; 17 . "College Behind Bars" airs tonight and tomorrow night on PBS stations. Hold on. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This July we issued $650,000 in grants in the US and around the world. And as I move forward in life and as I work to be a part of this social justice reform movement, I feel very passionate about it and excited that we are going to make progress. This is the thing we know how to do, and we happen to do it here. I went on to work for Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on his attorney general campaign here in New York. It is a marvelous new film by @KenBurns, @LynnNovick, and @sbotstein! You have to go back to your cell. Incarcerated men and women are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative, a rigorous college program, where some make great strides while others . Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. And I want to play a clip here. In four years of study they become accomplished scholars, shatter stereotypes, reckon with their pasts, and prepare to return to society. They have both been to prison. After the federal Pell ban in 1994, New York implemented a ban on TAP eligibility in 1995. They come to us for essay-writing classes and math tutoring so that they can prepare to get into the program themselves. Also with us is the director of the documentary, Lynn Novick. So let's just listen to this. So when we start talking about what is best for people in prisons, Lynn said we should include them in that conversation. After serving 22 years in prison, he is making up for lost time, with a job at the Ford Foundation, good coffee and a long soak in the tub. For now, the roughly 300 students taking . So I was charged at the age of 16 for manslaughter in the first degree, and I was sentenced to 15 years. Congratulations. But one of the things that was also great - there are instances where the other prisoners would accommodate us, where they would say, you know, the Bard guys are working at this table; let's go over here and make noise, or, like, the Bard guys are in the room - in their rooms studying. After a break, they'll talk about getting their degrees, leaving prison and rejoining their families and how they think a liberal arts education changed them. I mean, you both entered prison as teenagers, right? how to remove headrest chrysler 200; super license points tracker 2022; did bette davis play the piano in deception; fiat ducato motorhome for sale on ebay; where is curly bill buried Sebastian Yoon, tell us a little about yourself. You know, you forgot your book; you can't just go back and get your book. College Behind Bars (two hours) begins Monday at 9 p.m. with Parts 1 and 2 on WETA and MPT. When kids stopped bothering me, I guess I started feeling this false sense of empowerment. Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise , Find standards-aligned teaching resources for. Let's keep the noise down. YOON: And it was a very interesting moment for me where I realized that the education that I was receiving in prison was the same education that I would receive had I gone to college out there. So it totally enthralled me and motivated me to go after this education with pure zeal. Who among us is capable of academic excellence? They love this film. It teaches you how smart you are. Also with us are Dyjuan Tatro and Sebastian Yoon, graduates of the program. You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. DAVIES: Lynn Novick, give us the basics of the program. Since its first cohort in 2001, BPI students have earned over 52,000 credits and more than 550 Bard College degrees. YOON: For me, a liberal arts education cultivated in me conceptual and intellectual openness that invited me to consider worlds outside of my world from different times, thought and space. Our stories, our lives, they are influenced by a great number of people. And they thrust you right back into prison. Creating educational opportunities in prison nationwide. Max Kenner, when he started it, was an undergraduate at Bard and just saw this need and, you know, convinced the college that it would be something that they should try to do. And fewer than 4% have gone back to prison. I'm going to get emotional. Otherwise, you're not doing them any favors. Learn more about this important amendment to the Merit Board rules, and its disproportionate impact on incarcerated women, on our blog. Lynn Novick's 'College Behind Bars,' four-hour PBS documentary about the Bard Prison Initiative and the impact of educational programs as part of prison reform, is provocative and inspiring. The vast majority of people in this country that are incarcerated are going to be returning to society. Ill get up and just sit in silence in my apartment.. College Behind Bars is a production of Skiff Mountain Films and is directed by Lynn Novick. I can give them different types of advice. DAVIES: Yeah. The bipartisan restoration of Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students is a clear political endorsement of the value of college-in-prison, signaling to New York that it is past time to also restore TAP. GROSS: FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. While I have little tastes for things, I dont make an elaborate breakfast. DAVIES: Tell us a little bit about the work you're doing. NOVICK: You know, Sarah and I, when we got into the project, we were focusing on the transformational aspect of it, power of education, and what did it mean to get this education while in prison? Theres Filipino food, theres Indian cuisine, theres Turkish cuisine, theres Asian food, theres Greek restaurants, theres a diversity. They have the bike path right on the corner that leads all the way to the East River. And throughout this process, we're constantly talking with each other, helping each other out because on, like, the outside here, you have the Internet; our peers become the Internet. What I prize is the education and the knowledge that I received in the process of obtaining that degree. The bipartisan restoration of Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students is a clear political endorsement of the value of college-in-prison, signaling to New York that it is past time to also restore TAP. There are bells. I'm a son. By signing up for BPI emails, you are agreeing to receive news and updates from BPI. The numbers that I remember from the documentary was that at - there were about 890 or so in the institution, 110 in the program, which is a pretty good number. Siena Poll Today Showed Huge, Bipartisan Majorities For Programs That Lower Barriers to Incarcerated New Yorkers Re-Entering Society "College Behind Bars" airs tonight and tomorrow night on PBS stations. Please consider giving a gift to support BPIs groundbreaking work to redefine college access in America and to counter the harm of mass incarceration. Sebastian Yoon, your father was in the audience, right? Factory jobs are disappearing in this country year after year. ). Watch the full film and explore classroom-ready resources and activities. And there was a tremendous void. And at the age of 10, my family - once my dad made enough money, we moved to Long Island. Let's listen. You've just tried to add this show to My List. And I went to prison for 12 years at the age of 19, 20 for assault. TATRO: You know, I think that we want to have as many opportunities open to people in prison as possible. There's a lot of interaction with the students, with the professor and with each other, and a tremendous amount learning also goes on outside the classroom. And I think - I was lonely. It's always a seminar style. With Botstein onboard as a producer, Novick set out to direct what became the four-part PBS docuseries "College Behind Bars." Executive produced by Burns, the documentary examines mass. When Bard Prison Initiative Students Debated Harvard. Its always with me, said Mr. Hall, 44, of prison. And I always remember, no, no, no. Now he wants to help kids avoid prison. We need to be preparing people in prison for the 21st century, and I think there's no better way to do that than giving them a liberal arts education. We will continue our conversation after this short break. People walk around with these frowns and Im like, Why are you frowning? People bring their children in there, and I find myself so caught up in the little kid who gets the piece of paper on the back of his shoe and trying to make his parents aware. During the 2016 presidential campaign, they were hired by Republicans and then by Democrats and investigated connections between Trump and Russia. DAVIES: Yeah. I had to understand the idea of hubris, and I had to understand the idea of tragedy, and I had to understand these concepts. I always thought that my logic and my feelings trumped others - no pun intended. This July we saw a major legislative victory in New York, spearheaded by BPI alumni. And one of the reasons that we had to focus so hard and have that - the discipline that we had in this program is so that we could focus on the work and get the work done in a place where there's a lot of stress, pressure and distractions. Incarcerated men and women in New York State are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most rigorous college programs in America. Thats another thing I think is a spillover from prison: I saw the television as a space of conflict because people would argue over what to watch, so I stayed away from it. I had to show my passion. And you see this room, and then all of a sudden, reality just comes crashing upon you. But I needed that degree in order to get my first interview, and then I went to four more interviews after that where I was able to prove myself through speech. DAVIES: It's to literally count to ensure that every inmate is is accounted for. TATRO: Yeah. Colleges or universities partnering in the Consortium. We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). google mountain view charge cash app; wect news bladen county; college behind bars where are they now; college behind bars where are they now. FUEL After Starbucks, Ill go home Im usually hungry by then. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. And then you say, oh, this is my reality. When that door closes, you're at Bard College. And what's incredible is that you can also serve as tutors, so you're constantly working with other students who are trying to obtain their associate's degrees or bachelor's. Confronted with the "inhuman monotony" of life behind bars, Mr. Hall became a serious student, ultimately gaining admission to the Bard Prison Initiative, a competitive, full-time degree program run by Bard College. BPIs newest initiative, the Bard Microcollege, expands yet further the scope and impact of this work, delivering high-quality liberal arts education to communities outside of prison through partnerships with community-based institutions. So just to have normal kind of conversation, people have to literally yell back and forth. 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