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Russ Roberts
Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative
1 hour 7 minutes Posted Mar 29, 2021 at 10:30 am.
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Max Kenner, founder and executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative--which offers college degrees to prisoners--talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the program, which replicates the coursework of students at Bard College. The Bard Prison Initiative was profiled in a four-part PBS documentary, College Behind Bars. Kenner talks about the origins of the program, what students experience, and the injustice he sees in both the criminal justice system and the educational system in the United States.