College Behind Bars 2019

Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees – and a chance at new beginnings – from one of the country’s most rigorous prison education programs.

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    Season 1

    2019

    4 episodes

    Season 1 of College Behind Bars premiered on November 25, 2019.

    Prisoners trying to earn college degrees are profiled in this docuseries about incarceration, race in America and the transformative power of education.