Playboy And Feminism

August, 2011

The letters you've published about prisoner education (Reader Response, April and June) are interesting. I haveserved 25 years of a life sentence and can remember in 1994 when they banned prisoners from receiving federal finan­cial aid. Notably, GED programs, which are mandatory for all inmates lacking a high school degree, have always been free. I was active as a tutor in an inmate-based literacy program for more than 20 years before it was suspended and an electronics class for 11 years before...