2. Mission:
To enable people with criminal justice involvement to receive
quality education appropriate to their needs and aspirations so
that they become engaged and productive members of their
communities;
To make education a core component of the reentry
policy, strategy, and practice in New York; and
To shift public priorities and resources from incarceration to
educational access and success for communities affected by
mass incarceration.
3. NYREN launches City Policy Recommendations
designed to create a comprehensive strategy to
centralize education in reentry in NYC
4. Join the conversation on Twitter…
@Eio_coalition
#HigherEd4All
@ReentryEdNet
#EducateDontIncarcerate
@TalkNYC2013
#EducationforReentry
@BilldeBlasio
#Prison2School
Sample Tweets:
Support access to education for formerly incarcerated people! #TalkingTransition #HigherEd4All
#EducateDontIncarcerate
Reform in-prison education in New York City @BilldeBlasio @Eio_coalition #TalkingTransition
#HigherEd4All
5. Recommendations for Higher Education:
• Create and staff college and career resource
centers on Rikers Island
• Restore Pell and TAP grants for incarcerated
students
• Abolish the Box on college admissions forms
6. Recommendations for Rikers Island
Expand and fund a robust literacy and high
school equivalency program on Rikers Island for
students 22 and older, including those with
learning and language needs
7. Increase cross-sector
communication & collaboration
Share and track the educational status,
planning, and progress of students across
agencies and sectors.
8. Join the conversation on Twitter…
@Eio_coalition
#HigherEd4All
@ReentryEdNet
#EducateDontIncarcerate
@TalkNYC2013
#EducationforReentry
@BilldeBlasio
#Prison2School
Sample Tweets:
Support access to education for formerly incarcerated people! #TalkingTransition #HigherEd4All
#EducateDontIncarcerate
Transform NYC w/ Access to Ed for Folks in CJ system @BilldeBlasio @EIO_Coalition
@ReentryEdNet #TalkingTransition #Educatedontincarcerate
9. Government leadership &
Community partnership
Appoint a policy advisor in City Hall and
convene an advisory task force to address
policies and practices related to educational
access and success
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NYREN City Policy Recommendations
Appoint a policy advisor in City Hall & convene
an advisory task force to address policies and
practices related to educational access and
success
Share & track the educational
status, planning, and progress of students
across agencies and sectors
Expand & fund a robust literacy and high
school equivalency program on Rikers Island
for students 22 and older, including those with
learning and language needs
Create & staff college and career resource
centers on Rikers Island
Design & implement professional
development and training opportunities for
front-line corrections and education staff on
education's critical role in successful reentry
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Workforce development & employment
agencies should actively support the
educational, vocational, and career aspirations
of justice-involved people
Expand & fund community-based programs for
16 to 26 year-olds using a positive youth
development framework
Education from the Inside/Out Coalition Policy
Recommendations:
1. Restore Pell grants for incarcerated students
2. Restore the Tuition Assistance Program for
incarcerated students
3. Abolish the Box on college admissions forms
11. Thank you to our presenters!
Glenn Martin
Terrence Coffie
John Gordon
Marlon Peterson
Vivian Nixon
T.G.E
Bianca Van Heydoorn
Damion Samuels
Cheryl Wilkins
Trevor Mobley
Stacy Soria
Yolanda Peterkin
Charzel McGill
Johnny Perez
Elizabeth Payamps
Ray Tebout
Jonathan Marrero
Beth Mirarchi, TSC artistic director
Kevin Cordero
College & Community Fellowship’s
Theater for Social Change Ensemble
photos by Lee Wexler/
ImagesForInnovation.org
12. Thank you for coming!
Please continue the conversation:
#EducationforReentry
#HigherEd4All
#Prison2School
