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Individuals incarcerated in S.C. Department of Corrections facilities will soon be able to receive bachelorâs degrees at no cost through a historic partnership with Claflin University.
In April 2020, Claflin University was selected as a U.S. Department of Education Second Chance Pell Experimental Site, which continues an initiative that began under President Barack Obama to help incarcerated individuals earn university credentials. Healthy Routines, a community-based nonprofit located in Columbia, is also participating in the program that will offer educational programming to incarcerated students.
âClaflinâs Pathway from Prison Program, Second Chance Pell Grant, and our Center for Social Justice all reflect Claflinâs deep and abiding commitment to expanding access to exceptional educational opportunities that can change the trajectory of peopleâs lives,â said Dr. Dwaun J. Warmack, president of Claflin University. âItâs in our DNA. Claflin wa
minute. and now here they were in their mid 40s still telling anybody and everybody including us that they didn t kill old man bob. i just walk with the faith and i was just like this is not the end. the brothers had turned down any and all deals determined instead to clear their name. they joined every prison program, took every class they could to improve themselves. we always took any kind of programs they had to offer. and just held our heads up. after 22 years even their family had given up on that. had you gotten to the stage where you thought they ll be there for the rest of their lives? nothing they can do about it? i did.
normally you don t pet a service dog because they are working but valerie said it s okay because technically sully is not walking. sully will soon go to the walter read hospital in washington, d.c. where his services will continue helping more veterans. he s two and a half years old, so he s got a lot of contributions to make in the future. thank you for all you do. thank you. and it s incredible. sully was actually trained initially by prisoners, is that right? yeah. in our prison program and then came to our foundation where i completed the training. that s amazing. here to tell us how a veteran in kansas city, missouri is guiding and helping veterans rebuild their lives is the granddaughter of president bush whose social business feed is helping fight childhood hunger around the world and here in the united states. please welcome lauren bush. lauren. [ applause ]
for some inmates sny is freedom. the iyp is a small taste of what s to come. after over a decade in the shu, inmate angel chaves looks forward to a more interactive prison program. i feel like i got let down by the familia. the situation was, i was doing time for the familia. i ve asked for assistance. i m not going to specify what assistance. i asked for assistance to handle business for me because i was in the business for them. sure. and they never came through although they said they would. at that point, i felt like, what s the point of this? since you ve entered the debriefing process, up until now you re getting ready to get endorsed to an sny, how has it been for your phase one, phase two? what have you been feeling? i feel like the world s been lifted off my shoulders. i had so much responsibility. i was always concerned about everybody else and what i had to