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Who are the Community College/Partners of the Department of Corrections?

This Policy Information Report from the Education Testing Service describes the rising prison population and its characteristics, examines the status of prison education programs and their impact, and describes programs that try to help ex-prisoners reenter society (Adobe PDF)...

An OSU sociology class behind bars benefits students and inmates

Most college classes don't require students to go through a metal detector, turn in their photo identification for a numbered badge or make their way through a series of locked doors. Then again, most college classes aren't held inside a prison.

For a handful of Oregon State University students, the Oregon State Correctional Institute in Salem is their Tuesday evening classroom for an "Inside-Out" sociology class... (PDF)

U of O students involved in the Inside-Out Prison program organize a book drive to collect books to improve the educational library at the Oregon State Penitentiary... (PDF)

A Chemeketa college program offers prison inmates a fresh opportunity for education and rehabilitation... (PDF)

Knowing that children of incarcerated parents are much more likely than their peers to be incarcerated as adults, the DOC began the Children of Incarcerated Parents Project to help break the intergenerational cycle of criminality.

What is required to earn a GED Certificate?