Associate professor of literacy education Susan Bennett-Armistead and professor of literacy education William Dee Nichols talked to the Kennebec Journal about educating people behind bars.
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The Lifespan Literacy Community is a consortium of groups working in Maine to develop grassroots initiatives across the state designed to support, improve and celebrate literacy among all the state’s citizens, from birth throughout life.
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WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on a pilot program being tested at the Penobscot County Jail to provide educational opportunities for female inmates.
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University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, Riverside Adult Education Partnership and Literacy Volunteers of Bangor have teamed up to provide much-needed educational opportunities for female inmates at Penobscot County Jail.
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