Parts One & Two -
college behind bars

Meet the incarcerated men and women admitted to the rigorous Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). Some students make great strides academically, only to discover BPI keeps raising the bar. Being sent to solitary puts an education in jeopardy.

Episode Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 101

Watch College Behind Bars - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Part 1: 'No One Ever Taught Me Any of That.'

Part 2: 'I'm Trying to Get Home to My Family, Too.'

When Bard Prison Initiative Students Debated Harvard

Part 4: 'Home is a Work in Progress'

Part 3: 'Every Single Word Matters'

Preview Part 2: 'I'm Trying to Get Home to My Family, Too.'

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