In 2013, the Vera Institute of Justice launched the Unlocking Potential: Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Project (Pathways), a five-year multi-state demonstration project aiming to increase educational attainment and employment opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals by supporting an expansion of educational opportunities in prison. Corrections departments in the states of New Jersey, Michigan, and North Carolina were selected to participate in the initiative. Each college-in-prison program—although executed differently and offering varying programs of study—possessed one common theme: to equip incarcerated persons with the tools necessary to end the cycle of incarceration through high-quality postsecondary education. This paper examines approaches to student recruitment the Michigan site took during its implementation phase and suggests potential outcomes for college-in-prison programs to consider when using the “return communities” approach.

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学生招募和选拔如何影响再入学成果：密歇根州惩教局和杰克逊学院的教训

2013年，维拉司法学院发起了“释放潜能：从监狱到中学教育的途径”项目（途径），该项目为期五年，由多州组成，旨在通过支持被拘留者和以前被拘留者的个人来提高受教育程度和就业机会扩大监狱的教育机会。选择了新泽西州，密歇根州和北卡罗来纳州的惩教部门参加该计划。每个监狱学院计划（尽管执行方式不同且提供不同的学习计划）都具有一个共同的主题：为被监禁人员配备必要的工具，以通过高质量的专上教育来结束监禁周期。