Tag: criminal justice system

Toward Comprehensive Higher Education in Texas Prisons

article-cropped June 25, 2024 by Alexa Garza

EdTrust-Texas policy analyst Alexa Garza explores access to higher education within Texas prisons.

Higher Education in Texas Prisons

files June 25, 2024 by Alexa Garza

This brief looks at Higher Education in Prison (HEP) in Texas as it relates to programs provided inside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ).

Alexa Garza Testimony on the Importance of Access and Equity in Educational Programming for Incarcerated Students

August 10, 2022 by Alexa Garza

The Education Trust’s Texas Policy Associate Alexa Garza testified at the Texas House Corrections Committee ─ sharing her experience as a system-impacted woman who earned a higher education while behind…

We Are More than the Sum of Our Mistakes

May 24, 2019 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D.

John B. King Jr. delivered remarks at a celebration of student success for former students participating in the life-changing Goucher Prison Education Program in Maryland. Thank you Thank you to…