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College Behind Bars

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

Learn more about the students' personal stories and the challenges of college in prison.

Aired 11/25/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

College Behind Bars

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

Preview: Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn more about the students' personal stories and the challenges of college in prison.

Sebastian, Dyjuan and Tamara reflect on the difficult circumstances of their childhood, while the debate team prepares to face the University of Vermont. Shawnta, Tamika and Tamara make great strides academically, only to discover that BPI keeps raising the bar. Brian and Rodney are accused of breaking prison rules and sent to the solitary housing unit, SHU, their education in serious jeopardy.

Aired 11/25/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise...

College Behind Bars

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

Preview: Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Sebastian, Dyjuan and Tamara reflect on the difficult circumstances of their childhood, while the debate team prepares to face the University of Vermont. Shawnta, Tamika and Tamara make great strides academically, only to discover that BPI keeps raising the bar. Brian and Rodney are accused of breaking prison rules and sent to the solitary housing unit, SHU, their education in serious jeopardy.

Aired 11/25/2019 | Rating TV-14

FromKen Burns

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Funding for College Behind Bars is provided by Bank of America; PBS; Ford Foundation / JustFilms; National Endowment for the Humanities; Meg & Tomas Bergstrand; Regina K. Scully; The Lise...

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