Become a BPI supporter today and join a passionate community that believes in the power of education. 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. The Bard Prison Initiative enrolls over 300 incarcerated students in six New York State prisons. The documentary, "College Behind Bars," airs tonight and tomorrow night on PBS stations and will also be available for streaming. TATRO: You know, one of the great things about, you know, Bard is that it's recognized that it's not enough just to, you know, kind of issue a degree and give someone an education, send them back out into society. A QUIET START I allow myself to sleep no later than 7:30, because on a weekday I get up around 5. Even after you graduate, as long as you are in a prison in which Bard Prison Initiative operates, you're allowed to take courses. And then this changed in the '90s when we had the crime bill, right? Who has access to educational opportunity? You can learn the math skills you need pretty quickly if you're motivated. These programs transform the negative impacts of criminal punishment and create radical inroads of access and opportunity to higher learning. In early 2020 BPI began working with lawmakers to change Merit Board eligibility rules so that all incarcerated students can be eligible for early release based on earning college credits. And in the context of the '90s and the tough-on-crime rhetoric and the super predator kind of, you know, demonization of people who have been convicted of crimes, as part of the Clinton crime bill, there was an amendment to withdraw eligibility for Pell grants for people who were in prison. Let's listen. Having myself attended college while incarcerated, I can attest to the importance of theReadMore, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 18, 2022 TATRO: No. I mean, it's a wide range of liberal arts curriculums. Read BPIs open letter here. . That kind of thing. But I also look at the Manhattan skyline. : r/loveafterlockup. In August 2022, BPI joined colleagues across the field in issuing public comments in response to the Department of Educations proposed regulatory language. This is not my identity. This film is about the transformative power of education while also confronting and challenging conventional thinking about the purpose of both education and incarceration. You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. College Behind Bars, the four-part documentary about the transformative power of education, premiered nationwide on PBS in November 25, 2019. And I just wonder if you could reflect a bit on how it might have changed you - Dyjuan. Ill get up and just sit in silence in my apartment.. Great to have all of you. After the federal Pell ban in 1994, New York implemented a ban on TAP eligibility in 1995. You got to go back to your - I guess to your cell - right? And as I move forward in life and as I work to be a part of this social justice reform movement, I feel very passionate about it and excited that we are going to make progress. 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. Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise More, Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Thank you so much for speaking with us. Are they right about that, Dyjuan? And there was a tremendous void. They appear in the PBS documentary "College Behind Bars," directed by Lynn Novick. Bard Prison Initiative graduate Sebastian Yoon, featured in the new PBS documentary College Behind Bars, shares how BPI changed him and the Eastern Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated until March. DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and we're discussing the new four-part PBS documentary "College Behind Bars." DAVIES: Sebastian Yoon, tell us what it was like getting started in these classes. So the program is 20 years old, and it started small. You can see then Minister. NOVICK: Yeah. BPI was founded in 1999, in the wake of the decimation of college-in-prison. They have the bike path right on the corner that leads all the way to the East River. And I kind of froze in place and just looked around the room and just felt really, really inspired. By Jamil Smith So I know when I was in college and I was reading Greek tragedy or Shakespeare or, you know, classic texts, it was just an assignment to me. TATRO: You know, this - I'm the first person in my family who's ever gone to college. Faculty are going to be evaluating what you do as a student, exclusively. I just committed a bad act. fevereiro 17, 2023; Posted by nene leakes father alan; 17 . After graduation, there were like, 30, on each side of the shower room just waiting for you. CAST OF CHARACTERS Im ashamed to say this, but I people-watch. My father never saw me as a bad person. At BPI, we are committed to investing in people, reinventing institutions and making genuine education more accessible. And that's not to say that it's not challenging, but that is to point to the fact that, if we support people transitioning back in society in the right way, they'd be capable of almost anything, you know? Just putting together the course was challenging, and working with the students over the course of the eight weeks that we taught was thrilling. College Behind Bars, a four-part documentary film series directed by award-winning filmmaker Lynn Novick, produced by Sarah Botstein, and executive produced by Ken Burns, 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. I want that education. Kind of how large are the classes? Like, that's who I am. - with, you know, caps and gowns and photos and parents in the audience. Men and women earn college degrees - and a chance at new beginnings - while incarcerated. More than 2 million Americans are incarcerated today, and many are looking for alternatives to prison and ways to help offenders rebuild their lives. It teaches you how smart you are. 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. 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. Adult learners are, you know, much more mature and have life experience. I mean, there's - it's in the prison auditorium - right? Incarcerated men and women in New York State are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most rigorous college programs in America. When Bard Prison Initiative Students Debated Harvard. So when we start talking about what is best for people in prisons, Lynn said we should include them in that conversation. But the problem is that there can - bells can ring off in prison at any time. But as we got to know the students, we began to understand the circumstances of their lives, which, as you say, were complicated, sometimes tragic, often involved exposure to violence and other tragic experiences. In spring 2021 the NYS legislature passed the bill, and it was signed into law in July 2021. He worked 11-hour shifts, so he was mostly at work. Yoon and Tatro both entered prison as teenagers, and both earned bachelor's degrees in the Bard Prison Initiative. DAVIES: Yeah, this business of counts - I mean, Sebastian Yoon, do you want to explain this? College Behind Bars is the inspiring, emotional, and deeply human story of men and women struggling to earn college degrees while in prison for serious crimes. But one of the things that was also great - there are instances where the other prisoners would accommodate us, where they would say, you know, the Bard guys are working at this table; let's go over here and make noise, or, like, the Bard guys are in the room - in their rooms studying. College Behind Bars is the inspiring, emotional, deeply human story of men and women struggling to earn college degrees while in prison for serious crimes. The fifth annual BPI Public Health Fellowship Symposium featured the 2021 Public Health Fellows virtual presentations of their projects captured in the video above and the conversations linked below. Sometimes, it could take six hours. The doc is also a moving portrait of individuals determined to defy the odds and build a better future for themselves.. 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. I never saw a class where people weren't paying attention - not one - and we were in a lot of classes. Funding provided by Bank of America, Ford Foundation / JustFilms, National Endowment for the Humanities, Meg & Tomas Bergstrand, Regina K. Scully, The Lise Strickler & Mark Gallogly Charitable Fund, a fund at The New York Community Trust, Patty Quillin through the Meadow Fund at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Barbara & Richard Novick, Chicken & Egg Pictures, The William H. Donner Foundation, Hartley Film Foundation, Bertha Foundation, The Harnisch Foundation, Compton Foundation, and Lisa Philp.And members of The Better Angels Society: John & Catherine Debs, The Cousins Foundation, Inc., Abrams Foundation, Schwartz/Reisman Foundation, Ted Dintersmith & Elizabeth Hazard, McCloskey Family Charitable Trust, and Donna & Dick Strong. For streaming, visit pbs.org . You are Korean American, right? I can give them different types of advice. Sign up for the College Behind Bars newsletter to learn more about the film and events nationwide. For now, the roughly 300 students taking . Also with us are Dyjuan Tatro and Sebastian Yoon, graduates of the program. By signing up for BPI emails, you are agreeing to receive news and updates from BPI. CONTACT: Eric Koch | ericdkoch@gmail.com What kind of courses are taught? Teaching resources for The recent PBS series, College Behind Bars, chronicles Mr. Halls eventual parole and release in 2015. I thought it was incredibly well done in all ways. How much noise is there, and does that make it hard to read, Dyjuan? And I remember walking in and seeing men like me in prison uniforms, except that they were speaking Mandarin. They spoke with FRESH AIR's Dave Davies. Since 2001, BPI has created groundbreaking opportunities for college within Americas prison systems. To learn more about the restoration of TAP, read Jessica Neptunes the Director of National Engagement blog post here & Executive Director, Max Kenners, letter to our supporters here. And I said, that's what I'm going to do, and I was in a different facility at that time - easier said than done. And it's just really, really - has been so emotional for me to see their reaction and have their support through all this and be able to share so much positivity with them after having gone through so much darkness in life. 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. The subjects and filmmakers reveal how the power of education changes lives. We will hear Sebastian Yoon first and then we'll hear Dyjuan Tatro. Let's listen. 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. For more information about ways to support the Bard Prison Initiative, please visit our Support page or contact bpidevelopment@bard.edu. Roberta Shorrock directs the show. Or sushi, for that matter. 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. Men and women seek college degrees - and a chance at redemption - while incarcerated. 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. Few completed high school; most earned their GED in prison. 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. I grew up in a single-parent household, the child of a disabled mother. In four years of study they become scholars, shatter stereotypes, reckon with their pasts, and prepare to return to society. 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. Sebastian Yoon, your father was in the audience, right? And I just want to - after the euphoria of graduation, I mean, you certainly - you know, you had this terrific asset, this college degree that a lot of ex-offenders don't. Mr. Hall is the first formerly incarcerated person to be hired full-time by the Ford Foundation, where he works as a program associate, developing strategy and analyzing data for grants to advance, gender, racial and ethnic justice. My father was in Vietnam, came home drug-addicted and has never really recovered from that. The vast majority of people in this country that are incarcerated are going to be returning to society. Skiff Mountain Films 2019 | info@skiffmountainfilms.com Adjust the colors to reduce glare and give your eyes a break. I'm interested in your take on this - whether vocational programs should be there. The series College Behind Bars aired on PBS on November 25 and 26 and is now available for free streaming on PBS.org through the end of January. I know it's not love after lockup but I couldn't really find a relevant sub. And school was just really too easy. And Max Kenner, who is the founder and executive director of the program, is welcoming the new students. We should not expect that they are only capable of vocational training. While I have little tastes for things, I dont make an elaborate breakfast. Part 2: 'I'm Trying to Get Home to My Family, Too.'. DAVIES: You know, it's interesting, Lynn Novick. Tune in for an unparalleled look inside @BPIBard, one of the most rigorous & challenging #CollegeInPrison programs. Most had circumstances early in their life, which were really, really tough, heartbreaking in many cases. They contribute to their communities in all the ways one might expect of any college graduate. DAVIES: You know, getting a liberal arts education is - it is a lot of work, and it expands one's horizons in a whole lot of ways. So there was this kind of seamless movement from one setting to another. Your support helps make this possible. That degree really means something when they leave this program with their degree from Bard. I'm an uncle. I just wanted acknowledgement and this feeling of power and security. So I was charged at the age of 16 for manslaughter in the first degree, and I was sentenced to 15 years. DAVIES: Tell us a little bit about the work you're doing. 1. They become the support system that we need to rely on. TURN ON THE TAP NY PRAISES GOVERNOR HOCHUL FOR INCLUDING TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR INCARCERATED NEW YORKERS IN BUDGET So, you know, Bard has some re-entry services, mainly job placement and career development. Could you talk just a little bit about the process? In December 2020 Congress finally restored Pell Grant eligibility as part of the omnibus spending and COVID relief bill. I was a very precocious child. You have this big smile on your face when you're leaving the auditorium and the mess hall. Rodney, Sebastian and Giovannie embark on yearlong senior, The debate union faces Harvard. But I'm wondering, was there a point at which it just seemed hard to adjust? Our associate producer of digital media is Molly Seavey-Nesper. I don't see myself as a person. Last week, the New York State budget included a major victory for educational equity, ending a 26-year-old ban on access to need-based Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants for incarcerated students. Sebastian Yoon, tell us a little about yourself. They love this film. No, I'm done. In 2016, BPI was proud to join the first cohort of sites receiving experimental eligibility through Second Chance Pell. college behind bars where are they now. 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. I went on to work for Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on his attorney general campaign here in New York. Dyjuan, what's it been like connecting with your family again? GROSS: FRESH AIR's executive producer is Danny Miller. And I never had really thought about going to college until, all of a sudden, there was this thing that I heard about in prison called the Bard Prison Initiative. College Behind Bars remains - especially in the first episode - admirably focused on the practicalities of prison life and prison programmes. Its always with me, said Mr. Hall, 44, of prison. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, "COLLEGE BEHIND BARS"). Get the latest news about BPI and our work. 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. The faculty generally find this experience so energizing because of that exact thing - that they have to sort of - if they're teaching a course on the Bard campus and in BPI, they actually have to make the BPI version a bit harder, get more assignments and, you know, up the reading because the students are just so eager for the material and expect so much. All these things are intersecting and overlapping. I may watch Netflix, but I generally just read. 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. The journey to bring "College Behind Bars" started in 2012, when Novick and producer Sarah Botstein were invited to give a lecture for BPI students. This clip from Lynn Novicks College Behind Bars highlights the kind of academic work BPI students are doing as we defy expectations of who college is for and where it might lead. And I think - I was lonely. BPI alumni overwhelmingly go home to their communities and give back in ways that positively impact the lives of others. DAVIES: You know, I was going to ask about relations with, you know, other prisoners. By signing up for BPI emails, you are agreeing to receive news and updates from BPI. Because when people ask that question or that question's being asked, that's usually the implicit assumption, that they are only capable of this level of education. After serving 22 years in prison, he is making up for lost time, with a job at the Ford Foundation, good coffee and a long soak in the tub. Use one of the services below to sign in to PBS: You've just tried to add this video to My List. You know, you forgot your book; you can't just go back and get your book. So there are a lot of things that impede your education in that space. Novick is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and longtime collaborator of Ken Burns. Through the personal stories of the students and their families, the film reveals the transformative power of higher education and puts a human face on Americas criminal justice crisis. What Happens When Incarcerated People Get a World-Class Education? College Behind Bars | A Film by Lynn Novick | PBS All Episodes Now Streaming Men and women in prison for serious crimes try to earn college degrees in this groundbreaking story of. (SOUNDBITE OF STEFON HARRIS AND BLACKOUT'S "DAT DERE"). Who has access to educational opportunity? Following the development of regulations issued by the US Department of Education, incarcerated students who are enrolled in approved programs are expected to be eligible for Pell in the 2023-2024 academic year. YOON: There's this moment where you walk past his door, and all you see is curtains and officers waiting in, like, rows. And they really love to engage the professors and each other, and that was true for every single class. Let's keep the noise down. I worked as a cook. And they thrust you right back into prison. And so the film ends up and their stories end up, you know, raising some really important questions about violence and about harm and incarceration, and what is prison for, and what is the value of education? This is a full-time and long-term and total commitment. Read the Interview in Mother Jones Post Date: 12-11-2019 I was - I had to show them that I was smart enough to be part of this group. Ken Burns is executive producer. Otherwise, you're not doing them any favors. And then they're like, strip. DAVIES: And that's Dyjuan Tatro and Sebastian Yoon from the PBS documentary "College Behind Bars," which premieres tonight on PBS. 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. We see him, don't we? The type of things that are available to people in prison currently are somewhat outdated. And one of the reasons that we had to focus so hard and have that - the discipline that we had in this program is so that we could focus on the work and get the work done in a place where there's a lot of stress, pressure and distractions. 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. DAVIES: Wow. And what's incredible is that you can also serve as tutors, so you're constantly working with other students who are trying to obtain their associate's degrees or bachelor's. And it helped me understand my place in the world and activated me as a civically minded person. College Behind Bars, an Emmy-nominated, four-part documentary about the transformative power of education. We're in the business of education. And so yeah, that is a huge impediment to trying to learn. College Behind Bars first premiered Nov. 25, 2019 on PBS and has since then become popular among Netflix audiences. College Behind Bars is a production of Skiff Mountain Films and is directed by Lynn Novick. So just to have normal kind of conversation, people have to literally yell back and forth. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. You know, it's interesting. I finished my degree in the spring of 2018. Were they all like that, Lynn? And then you address your father directly. TATRO: Sure. 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. NOVICK: Yeah, pretty much. A new PBS documentary series follows prisoners who earn college degrees while serving time. Today, BPI enrolls over 300 incarcerated students full-time in programs that culminate in degrees from Bard College; it offers extensive support for its alumni in and around New York City; and, it has developed the BPI Summer Residency, an intensive, experiential, and hands-on series of workshops on the nuts and bolts of college-in-prison for new and emerging practitioners led by BPI staff and alumni. DAVIES: And the crime that got you in was that you shot someone in retaliation for an attack on you and your sister, right? You may change your parameters at any time using the link found at the bottom of every email. I remember telling my professor that, how can I complete an eight-page paper if I feel like I could complete it in only two? During the 2016 presidential campaign, they were hired by Republicans and then by Democrats and investigated connections between Trump and Russia. And then, you know, you're approaching this search area, and you're in this liminal place. You know, I would go in and do all the work in a day or two, and the expectations were really, really low. Creating educational opportunities in prison nationwide. Neither had been in a maximum security . This July we saw a major legislative victory in New York, spearheaded by BPI alumni. This is FRESH AIR. For 22 years he didnt have one. YOON: Oh. It was seeing what happens when students are first confronted with material that seems really daunting, and they have to learn to think critically and express ideas that are kind of uncomfortable and that over time you see them - they're - you know, their thinking and expression becomes sharper and more sophisticated. YOON: I never stopped being a student. I wake up every morning and I realize Im free and Im just so grateful to be here.. Anyone can read what you share. And I think the answer is no. DAVIES: We're talking about the new PBS documentary "College Behind Bars" with Lynn Novick, the director, and with Sebastian Yoon and Dyjuan Tatro, two formerly incarcerated graduates of the Bard Prison Initiative. My family loves Bard College. 2026. 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. You got this education, and you're trying to help people now. I'm done. TATRO: Having a liberal arts education has made me a much deeper thinker. So we really take the opportunity that we had seriously and try to give back in real, tangible ways to the wider population. And you see this room, and then all of a sudden, reality just comes crashing upon you. But that means a lot that weren't - probably some applied and did not get in. DAVIES: Yeah. 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. Max Kenner, when he started it, was an undergraduate at Bard and just saw this need and, you know, convinced the college that it would be something that they should try to do. College Behind Bars was filmed over four years at two different prisons by Novick and producer Sarah Botstein, allowing the show to follow what happens to students in BPI: some transform,. 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