Collaborative Research by
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
& Women in Prison at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE

IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON

MICHELLE FINE, MARIA ELENA TORRE, KATHY BOUDIN, IRIS BOWEN, JUDITH CLARK, DONNA HYLTON
MIGDALIA MARTINEZ, "MISSY", ROSEMARIE A. ROBERTS, PAMELA SMART, DEBORA UPEGUI
with a reincarceration analysis conducted by the New York State Department of Correctional Services

September 2001