A National Disgrace

The 2.2 million U.S. inmates represent an incarceration rate that is unprecedented in all of human history.

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Our Mission

The Prison Scholar Fund invests in incarcerated students, empowering them to realize their post-secondary educational aspirations, and advocates for correctional reform, bolstering grassroots pressure to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

Core Values

• 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.