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Making Commonwealth history — the Virginia Prison Education Program

Program Director Amanda Lloyd describes the importance of offering higher education to incarcerated individuals and her plans for the program's future at the University

<p>This spring, U.Va. admitted the first-ever cohort of incarcerated students to the Virginia Prison Education Program.</p>

This spring, U.Va. admitted the first-ever cohort of incarcerated students to the Virginia Prison Education Program.

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In this episode of On Record, we hear from Dr. Amanda Lloyd, director of the Virginia Prison Education Program, which offers Virginia’s first bachelor’s degrees to incarcerated individuals. Dr. Lloyd discusses how and why the University chose her to lead this historic initiative. 

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