BPI was founded in 1999, in the wake of the decimation of college-in-prison. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. Few people know the joy of a free Sunday like Jule Hall. TATRO: And so I got to walk across the stage on Bard's Annandale campus with the other 400 students in my year in 2018. NOVICK: I'd just add that one of the really remarkable things about this program is that the admissions process is looking for people who have kind of intellectual curiosity and determination. YOON: My family has been super supportive of me, as you'll see in the documentary, especially my father. I'm going to ask each of you to give me your first impressions here. I may watch Netflix, but I generally just read. College Behind Bars is an intimate look at the lives and experiences of a dozen BPI students and their families that confronts and challenges conventional wisdom about the purpose of both education and incarceration. After returning home, BPI alumni become independent taxpaying citizens. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. This can't just be watching movies and talking about it; you have to have a very sophisticated, demanding syllabus and assessments and writing assignments, and the students have to perform at the level that we expect for Bard College. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. College Behind Bars is perhaps one of the best documentaries that Ive seen about criminal justice in the past 5 years. This is a full-time and long-term and total commitment. (Speaking Korean) Thank you. Or sushi, for that matter. Get the latest news about BPI and our work. Your support helps make this possible. Who has access to educational opportunity? The College: Comprehensive Academic Engagement. After graduation, there were like, 30, on each side of the shower room just waiting for you. YOON: But to those who would ask that question, Dave, you could also ask them, would you ask the same question of students who are out here? College-in-prison, which had been common in prisons across the country, collapsed. My colleagues are aware of different types of cuisine and restaurants and whenever we travel together for work or have a lunch together, theres this tendency to talk about food and wine. At BPI, we are committed to investing in people, reinventing institutions and making genuine education more accessible. In 1993, Mr. Hall, then 17, was involved in a gunfight in Brooklyn, when a bullet fired toward him killed his neighbor instead. DAVIES: Yeah. I know it's not love after lockup but I couldn't really find a relevant sub. During the 2016 presidential campaign, they were hired by Republicans and then by Democrats and investigated connections between Trump and Russia. Sometimes, it could take six hours. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey Bentham. Who among us is capable of academic excellence? YOON: Two more years after my bachelor's degree in 2017. According to records, James murdered his stepmother and three stepbrothers in cold blood. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) works to redefine the availability, affordability, and expectations typically associated with higher education in America. This past is constantly being resurrected. In his senior project, BPI student Rodney Spivey-Jones 17 traces the long history of struggle against anti-Black racism in America. James Wiley committed a heinous crime at 15 years of age. You don't have the Internet. You've just tried to add this show to My List. All rights reserved. Let's get back to the interview FRESH AIR's Dave Davies recorded with Lynn Novick, director of the new PBS documentary "College Behind Bars," and Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, two graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative. 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. 56 views, 2 likes, 3 loves, 4 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from New&Living Way Gospel Temple: Sunday service I just wanted acknowledgement and this feeling of power and security. People were invested in this. So you can be in class midway, and if the bell rings because the count was off or if there's a security problem, then you have to go back to your cells. I recently binged born behind bars on A&E and was looking for any kind of update on these mamas/babies. Parts One & Two. 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. And then you address your father directly. It radiates and ramifies throughout my entire family structure, you know? I mean, you both entered prison as teenagers, right? 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. And I'm wondering - I'm going to ask Sebastian. I have to really compete with mostly older women to get my clothing washed. Congratulations. I'm not going to wear that. It's always a seminar style. 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. Shot over four years in maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the four-hour film takes viewers on a stark and intimate journey into one of the most pressing issues of our time our failure to provide meaningful rehabilitation for the over two million Americans living behind bars. In four years of study they become accomplished scholars, shatter stereotypes, reckon with their pasts, and prepare to return to society. 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. And so, you know, I think we always need to consider that we're not talking about people in prison getting a degree in isolation, you know? So it totally enthralled me and motivated me to go after this education with pure zeal. Helping prisoners go to college helps New York, Press Release: TURN ON THE TAP NY PRAISES GOVERNOR HOCHUL FOR INCLUDING TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IN BUDGET, WBAIs On the Count The Prison And Criminal Justice Report, BPI and College Behind Bars in The Appeal, College Behind Bars with Max Kenner and Sebastian Yoon. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. Back in 2018, Netflix released its docuseries Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up . Our stories, our lives, they are influenced by a great number of people. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "COLLEGE BEHIND BARS"). So it has a ripple effect even beyond people applying to just - you know, the facilities where there is higher education have less incidence of violence and disruption and things like that. And I think what surprised my father the most was just how much I transformed while I was incarcerated. DAVIES: We're talking about the new PBS documentary "College Behind Bars" with Lynn Novick, who directed the series. I never saw a class where people weren't paying attention - not one - and we were in a lot of classes. DAVIES: You know, this is tough material in these classes. They study all the disciplines in the liberal arts. The Bard Prison Initiative enrolls over 300 incarcerated students in six New York State prisons. GROSS: Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro earned bachelor's degrees from the Bard Prison Initiative. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. And I wondered - I couldn't help but wonder when I went - when I submitted this application, would they see this and give me a chance for an interview had I not been able to write that I received a Bard bachelor's degree? This movement took on renewed urgency following Congresss reinstatement of Pell Grant access to incarcerated students in 2020. And they thrust you right back into prison. Get the latest news about BPI and our work. And that totally allowed me to reimagine myself. Its always with me, said Mr. Hall, 44, of prison. So, you know, the - in the Greek, liberal arts education literally means education worthy of a free man. : r/loveafterlockup. And I think - I was lonely. But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. It's about a program in which professors of Bard College give college classes in six correctional institutions. And school was just really too easy. 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. Of course, I recognize where this comes from: I wasnt around children for 22 years. When you watch College Behind Bars, which began last night on PBS and concludes tonight, or anyReadMore. Check out more details below: Prison is not an easy place to get an education. Now, I still havent taken to wine. 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. YOON: And part of that crime bill, Dave, was comprised - allocating $10 billion to build more prisons, and $10 billion at the time was enough to pay for higher education in prisons for more than 200 years. Incarcerated men and women in New York State are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most rigorous co, Sebastian, Dyjuan and Tamara reflect on the difficult circumstances of their childhood, while the debate team prepares to, The debate union faces their rival across the river, West Point. BPI was proud to partner with College and Community Fellowships #TurnOnTheTapNY campaign to restore access to New Yorks state-level need-based student grants, the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) for incarcerated students. This July we saw a major legislative victory in New York, spearheaded by BPI alumni. BPI transforms wealth, power, and purpose in America by providing full-scholarship, college education in the most unlikely places. So let's just listen to this. It raises questions we urgently need to address: What is prison for? And they understand that research shows inmates who earn masters degrees behind bars have a 0% recidivism rate. So just to have normal kind of conversation, people have to literally yell back and forth. TATRO: You know, I'm not taking it back to my cell and going to sleep with it. And there was a tremendous void. 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. MAX KENNER: Welcome to Bard College. You have to go back to your cell. With so much at stake, BPI is doubling down on our commitments to national engagement in policy and practice including The BPI Summer Residency for emerging programs and practitioners. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. And it helped me understand my place in the world and activated me as a civically minded person. And they are ready, and they are prepared, and they've done all the reading, and they've read the footnotes, and they've read the ancillary reading, and they are - you know, you better know what you're doing. And she said, well, welcome to college. But I usually put on jazz or R&B. And I'm back at BPI today as the Government Affairs Officer, expanding - helping to expand access to college and prison through public investments in the work that we do. BPI alumni overwhelmingly go home to their communities and give back in ways that positively impact the lives of others. Men and women seek college degrees - and a chance at redemption - while incarcerated. Also with us is the director of the documentary, Lynn Novick. That was not our experience at all. You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. Teaching resources for Tell me how the experience compared with what you expected. What kind of courses are taught? But the Allens still have mixed feelings about free degrees for inmates. How College in Prison Turns Around Lives and Saves Taxpayers Money, Knowledge & Redemption, A Conversation with Lynn Novick and Jule Hall, Incarcerated People Can Do More than Beat Harvard in a Debate. I mean, anybody who watches this film will think, gosh, I don't know if I could handle this stuff. Rodney, Sebastian and Giovannie embark on yearlong senior, The debate union faces Harvard. You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. And I am the most proud father in the world. Learn more about this important amendment to the Merit Board rules, and its disproportionate impact on incarcerated women, on our blog. I'm Terry Gross. Who has access to educational opportunity? Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And you see this room, and then all of a sudden, reality just comes crashing upon you. Born Behind Bars is a documentary series that takes place in a maximum-security prison in Indiana. My family loves Bard College. DAVIES: And that's from the documentary "College Behind Bars," directed by our guest Lynn Novick. I had to show my passion. Great to have all of you. How much noise is there, and does that make it hard to read, Dyjuan? A new PBS documentary series follows prisoners who earn college degrees while serving time. And one day, we went to a karaoke bar, and a fight erupted, and somebody ended up losing his life. After the federal Pell ban in 1994, New York implemented a ban on TAP eligibility in 1995. Starbucks is a place where people dont notice each other; theyre more focused on their computer or their phone. There's an extreme amount of noise in prisons. it is the only time that they can trust they . When kids stopped bothering me, I guess I started feeling this false sense of empowerment. And what were the circumstances that that landed you in this prison? We see him, don't we? It's two different systems, right? I finished my degree in the spring of 2018. I had to write that I swept and mopped floors. We always have to be mindful of how those people like myself are returning back to their communities and back to their families. DAVIES: Wow, that's really remarkable. TATRO: They are like, congratulations. 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 watched them leave prison and have to struggle in ways that I have not because I have had the privilege of a college education. 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. Our guests are Lynn Novick, who directed the documentary, and Dyjuan Tatro and Sebastian Yoon, two graduates of the program. I mean, it's a wide range of liberal arts curriculums. What you see at the end is a testament to the power of education, and why it remains such a dangerous and underrated weapon against a racially and economically unjust status quo in this nation., The powerful new miniseries suggests we might find hope in the transformative effect of higher education., [A] nuanced look at education in the prison industrial complex., An important educational call to arms. YOON: I never stopped being a student. And today, there are 300 students in six facilities in New York state, mostly men, but there's one facility for women as well. Copyright 2023 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), all rights reserved. DAVIES: Sebastian Yoon, tell us what it was like getting started in these classes. 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? . So within the prison context, you know, people know who the guys are in BPI, and they come to us for advice. You tend to have these open cell blocks, and people are locked in their cells. And, you know, just being in a classroom setting where I was sitting down with people from different backgrounds, listening to their stories and their ideas and you start to appreciate that despite the differences that we have, there are so much more similarities among us. 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. As a result, the number of college-in-prison programs in New York fell from over 70 to 4. 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. DAVIES: Yeah, it was interesting. By signing up for BPI emails, you are agreeing to receive news and updates from BPI. DAVIES: And have you both stayed in touch with folks you knew from the program and helped - people you helped? "College Behind Bars" follows students in the Bard Prison Initiative, a privately funded college program that began in 2001 in New York state prisons. My father never saw me as a bad person. And, you know, spending time in the classrooms - as Sarah Botstein, the producer, and I did - I kept thinking, I wish I could go back to college and have this experience because it is - the classes are small. Do they have a place as opposed to, you know, this really rigorous academic program? GROSS: Lynn Novick speaking with Dave Davies. They come to us for essay-writing classes and math tutoring so that they can prepare to get into the program themselves. Shot over four years in maximum and medium security prisons in New York State, the four-hour film takes viewers on a stark and intimate journey into one of the most pressing issues of our time our failure to provide meaningful rehabilitation for the over two million Americans living behind bars. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Once I put something in my stomach, I bike ride. The series follows the inmates as they give birth and raise their children behind bars. And I started to respond with violence because I thought I had no other option. And, you know, what we hope is that through these - their very courageous and generous sharing of their stories, we can all have a different kind of conversation than we have had about who is in prison, why people are incarcerated, what our criminal justice system does and doesn't do to - it's supposed to be helping people to prepare to come back to society and become productive citizens. BPI alumni overwhelmingly go home to their communities and give back in ways that positively impact the lives of others. 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. DAVIES: Wow. You know, what's striking about this program is that - I think a lot of people who think about ways that prisons can help incarcerated people get jobs when they get out of prison is to provide vocational training - you know, teach people to be welders or auto mechanics or, you know, stuff like that. We will continue our conversation after a short break. DAVIES: You know, I want to talk to you, Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, a bit about your lives. Lynn Novick, Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, welcome to FRESH AIR. NOVICK: Yeah. "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 . When Bard Prison Initiative Students Debated Harvard. 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. And he said - he says to me, you stood up. 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. We can remove the first show in the list to add this one. This is FRESH AIR. For 22 years he didnt have one. 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. You know, I'm a brother. By signing up for BPI emails, you are agreeing to receive news and updates from BPI. By Megan Heintz. You can see then Minister. Watch the full film and explore classroom-ready resources and activities. And I will say this - when we started the project, sometimes people would say to us, oh, most people in prison will say that they're innocent and they didn't do the crime that they're there for. And fewer than 4% have gone back to prison. DAVIES: Lynn Novick, give us the basics of the program. On November 24, 1990, James Wiley armed himself with a shotgun and brutally shot down his stepmother and two brothers in their home in Thermopolis, Wyoming. They appear in the PBS documentary "College Behind Bars," directed by Lynn Novick. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. I mean, I think, you know, having taught in the program myself, you walk into class, and the students are there. College Behind Bars is directed and produced by Lynn Novick; produced by Sarah Botstein; edited by Tricia Reidy ACE; produced by Salimah El-Amin and Mariah Doran; original music by Jongnic Bontemps; cinematography by Buddy Squires ASC and Nadia Hallgren. DAVIES: And your dad went through some really tough times, sent you to Korea when you were little 'cause he was trying to find a way to keep things together. DAVIES: You know, some might think that prison inmates would have an easier time focusing on all this rigorous schoolwork because they're literally, you know, captive in the institution and are not distracted by parties or dating or football games like, you know, students on a traditional campus. The subjects and filmmakers reveal how the power of education changes lives. Celebrating 200+ degrees in six graduations back in person with Congressman Bobby Rush. I wake up every morning and I realize Im free and Im just so grateful to be here.. They contribute to their communities in all the ways one might expect of any college graduate. WebCollege Behind Bars, which airs on PBS Monday and Tuesday night, offers TV audiences a rare window into the U.S. correctional system. SEBASTIAN YOON: When I first got into the Bard Prison Initiative, I honestly had low expectations of the program, and I think that's because, in general, as a prisoner, I had low expectations on life. 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. And when I actually started my courses, I was shocked by how rigorous and how demanding the program was. While I have little tastes for things, I dont make an elaborate breakfast. google mountain view charge cash app; wect news bladen county; college behind bars where are they now; college behind bars where are they now. LAVENDER AND TRAP I will either boil water or run a bathtub because on Sundays, I love to take a hot bath, with lavender Epsom salts. Ill take care of the preliminaries, brush my teeth, get dressed, and I shoot straight to the Starbucks two blocks away. And we're just a really tight cohort, and we see each other as family because we've been through the same struggles and we got the same education. The recent PBS series, " College Behind Bars ," chronicles Mr. Hall's eventual parole and release in 2015. SERIOUS READING I dont watch TV. I thought it was incredibly well done in all ways. So there was this kind of seamless movement from one setting to another. College Behind Bars (two hours) begins Monday at 9 p.m. with Parts 1 and 2 on WETA and MPT. Parts 3 and 4 air Tuesday. And there's - I'll just let the listeners know there's an emotional moment here where you start to speak of your family, and you have to stop and compose yourself. The ONLY thing I could find was the recent murder of the pregnant (at the time of filming) CO Breann Leath who apparently . Anyone can read what you share. And, you know, they're like, strip. 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. My father was in Vietnam, came home drug-addicted and has never really recovered from that. 2026. Others that have to do, you know, kind of routine prison jobs instead of being in class - was there jealousy or resentment? And the Bard Prison Initiative has had 600 graduates be released over the last 20 years. "College Behind Bars" airs on PBS stations tonight and tomorrow. They both earned college degrees and are now employed. fevereiro 17, 2023; Posted by nene leakes father alan; 17 . Ken Burns is executive producer. Vocational training is fine, but we should also be having an opportunity for higher education. They have both been to prison. You can learn the math skills you need pretty quickly if you're motivated. And this is a moment from the film after the graduation ceremony, which we just saw, where I guess, Sebastian, you got your degree and, Dyjuan, you were attending but you're reflecting on what it's like to finish this joyous event and then leave the prison auditorium and then return to the housing unit where you will be rudely searched and then go back to your cells. All these things are intersecting and overlapping. College Behind Bars is a production of Skiff Mountain Films and is directed by Lynn Novick. TATRO: Yeah. As public funding of college-in-prison returns to the field the question shifts from Will there be college-in-prison? Meet the cast of Behind Bars: Rookie Year on A&E. Get season by season character and cast bios and more only on A&E. Bad Boys bakery was a social enterprise set up in HM Prison Brixton, in the UK. In December 2020 Congress finally restored Pell Grant eligibility as part of the omnibus spending and COVID relief bill. Adult learners are, you know, much more mature and have life experience. College Behind Bars, which airs on PBS Monday and Tuesday night, offers TV audiences a rare window into the U.S. correctional system. 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. Mostly I stop at Queensbridge Park, but there are times when I ride the bike lane all the way to the end of Astoria. The Bard Prison Initiative enrolls over 300 incarcerated students in six New York State prisons. And the paradox here is that I was someone getting that type of education while I was in prison, but the education itself is what liberated me. And I always remember, no, no, no. So I walked out of prison on August 10 of 2017, and I was back in college on August 24 finishing my B.A. We will hear Sebastian Yoon first and then we'll hear Dyjuan Tatro. I'm done. And then you say, oh, this is my reality. What was that time like for you? NOVICK: I was just going to chime in one other thing, which is I've heard Dyjuan, Sebastian and the other students, as well as Max, say that, you know, it also just sort of changes the culture of the whole facility and that, you know, there's something positive going on and that people don't want to get in trouble so that they have an opportunity to be there, to stay there and to potentially be involved in the program. Their computer or their phone they appear in the spring of 2018 classroom-ready resources and activities unlikely places people. 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