PhotoTo the Editor:The renewed bipartisan push to lift a ban on Pell Grants for people in prison (news article, Feb. 16) is a common-sense move worthy of praise. It’s clear that the ban on Pell Grants is not working. Expanding access to postsecondary education and training to people while incarcerated will better equip them to find jobs that lead to other education and economic opportunities upon their release. At a time when our leaders in Washington struggle to agree on virtually anything, lifting the ban on Pell Grants is a policy that both parties can and should support. FRED PATRICK, NEW YORKThe writer is director of the Center on Sentencing and Corrections at the Vera Institute of Justice.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2018 20:15 UTC