Making Commonwealth history — the Virginia Prison Education Program

About this episode

Dr. Amanda Lloyd discusses the Virginia Prison Education Program and its significance in providing bachelor's degrees to incarcerated individuals.

Episode Notes 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.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Amanda Lloyd

Topics covered

• prison education
• higher education
• incarceration
• Virginia
• bachelor's degrees
• educational initiatives

Keywords

• Virginia Prison Education Program
• Dr. Amanda Lloyd
• incarcerated education
• bachelor's degrees
• higher education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Virginia Prison Education Program, University

Places: Virginia

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