BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE/THE FREE LANCE-STAR The ochre-breasted bird perched on the chain-link fence and chirped, his song wafting across the front yard and through the open window to where Jerry Grimsley sat in a tweed recliner. “Is that a robin?” asked his sister, Vickie Chevrette. Grimsley shrugged. Last year, the harbinger of spring would
BY JEFF BRANSCOME/THE FREE LANCE-STAR While in prison, Julius Berger started taking classes, thanks to a program funded by Doris Buffett. Berger says that while he was in Coffeewood Correctional Center, Buffett was his first and only visitor at that prison. At first, Julius Berger didn’t panic when the judge sentenced him to five years
Privately funded college classes are starting to creep back into state prisons after being absent for nearly two decades. Supporters say they reduce the recidivism rate and can save money on re-incarceration. By Katherine Long Seattle Times higher education reporter Every week, they slide books through the metal detectors — novels by Virginia Woolf and
AMY FLOWERS UMBLE, The Free Lance-Star Richmond Times-Dispatch FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The little boy tugged gently on Kathy Anderson’s sleeve. In the middle of a party, Anderson didn’t notice at first. The 5-year-old tugged again, and Anderson leaned down to talk with him. “This house is everything I ever wanted,” he said. Anderson directs
November 4, 2013 Click Here to see a short video, just under 5 minutes, of the highlights of the Maine State Prison graduation. Doris Buffett’s Sunshine Lady Foundation fully funds this college degree program. Doris believes in the power of education to reduce or eliminate recidivism, and to open up new life choices to these
October 8th, 2013, 5:16 pm, BY AMY FLOWERS UMBLE / THE FREE LANCE–STAR For parents of adult children with disabilities, weddings and vacations often require strategic planning similar to invading Normandy. When your child is full-grown but requires ’round-the-clock care, you can’t just call the teenager down the street when you need to get away.
August 18th, 2013, 12:01 am, BY LINDLEY ESTES / THE FREE LANCE–STAR In December 2004, Shin Fujiyama took his first trip to Honduras and announced that he would eventually open a girls home in the Central American country, no matter how long it took. On Aug. 9, nearly a decade after the University of Mary
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:00 am, Michael Harris, Ithaca Times In 1995, the federal law — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act — dismantled higher education in prison by eliminating inmate eligibility for Pell Grants. On June 5, however, the Auburn Prison, in conjunction with Cornell University’s Prison Education Program, celebrated its first graduating
Auburn (WSYR-TV) – Lots of students face hurdles on their way to a college diploma, but few face the challenge that prison presents. On Tuesday, 15 men at the maximum security Auburn Correctional Facility earned their associates’ degrees, temporarily trading their prison uniforms for caps and gowns. The inmates earned Cornell credits while working toward
Article from the Free Lance Star Sunshine Stadium in Fredericksburg is nearly complete and slated to open on March 24. The complex will include a turf-lined baseball stadium, a grass field, an ability field for disabled competitors and an education center with restrooms and concessions. Fredericksburg and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation partnered in 2007
