UMA prison education partnership to expand after receiving a nearly million-dollar grant
The grant will help hire a new director, expand the humanities classes offered and allow UMA to purchase new technology for the program.
AUGUSTA Daniel Porter never envisioned wanting to be any type of educator.
But after taking college courses to gain his bachelor’s degree while incarcerated at the Maine State Prison, he had new goals in mind.
Daniel Porter, 33, is in prison Thursday, serving a 16-year sentence for manslaughter. He is taking classes to gain a college degree as part of the Prison Education Partnership Program through the University of Maine at Augusta.