The Fund is a small grassroots operation that empowers would-be
incarcerated students through direct scholarship support.
All our efforts have been made possible through
support from concerned citizens such as yourself.
The Prison Scholar Fund's Mission
The Prison Scholar Fund invests in incarcerated students and advocates for correctional
reform.
The Values We Share
Every inmate has the potential to become a law-abiding and contributing member of society.
Quality education bestows knowledge which unlocks human potential.
Every inmate should have access to quality education regardless of ability to pay.
Those most affected by a problem should have the chief hand in its solution.
We Also Believe:
We believe in second chances and self-improvement.
We believe that stripping a person of an education is nothing less than an assault on his or her potential and dignity as a human being, and as a contributing member of society.
We hope that punishment by educational deprivation will eventually be recognized not only as punishment, but also as a particularly unacceptable form of punishment, one that is literally both cruel and unusual.
We act on relevant research, we act with common sense, and we act with compassion.
