More incarcerated students will soon have access to an education from Morehouse College thanks to a federal investment of $1.6 million.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams says she secured the money for the Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership, which houses the Higher Education in Prisons Initiative, so approximately 200 students behind bars can participate annually.
“Historically, we haven’t invested in the futures of incarcerated individuals and y’all, this helps no one,” Williams said. “Our prison population is overwhelmingly and disproportionately comprised of Black men, so it’s only fitting that Morehouse is leading the charge in doing this work.”
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