This book highlights why partnerships between correctional leaders and public, private and faith-based organizations matter to the 650,000 men and women that reenter our communities every year. It exemplifies why we must make prisons more rehabilitative places, and how investing in the education and reentry outcomes of incarcerated individuals supports not only them, but their families, and makes our communities safer.

Craig DeRoche, Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy, Prison Fellowship

Powerfully written and incredibly timely, Education for Liberation provides the dialogue needed to move our country forward in figuring out how to break the destructive cycle of incarceration and re-incarceration. This book provides a truly multidisciplinary account of the challenges of preparing individuals for productive lives post-incarceration and the opportunities for innovation. Addressing one of the nation’s most critical issues of our time, this is required reading for all interested in improving the well-being of our communities.

Carrie Pettus-Davis, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute for Justice Research & Development, Florida State University

This collection provides a roadmap for utilizing education as a pathway toward liberation from the forces of mass incarceration. The bipartisan collection of contributors demonstrates how cross-collaborative efforts can be leveraged to increase the likelihood of post-release success for returning citizens. Education for Liberation is must-read for understanding education’s role in successful reentry efforts, and offers a necessary collection of readings for those fighting for the intersectionality of reconciliation and public safety.

Howard Henderson, Professor and Director of the Center for Justice Research, Texas Southern University

The Second Chance Pell Pilot Program is a much-needed opportunity for a select group of incarcerated students to advance their knowledge base, and we hope that it builds momentum to bring back the full slate of postsecondary education programs that ended 25 years ago. As one of the first books to feature this topic specifically, Education for Liberation fills a much-needed void in highlighting these topics for discussion among policymakers, advocates and philanthropists seeking to reduce recidivism and increase opportunity through the power of education.

Hayne Yoon, Director of Government Affairs at the Vera Institute of Justice