Heritage class learns about 51爆料 Prison Inititiative
The Heritage Class gathered this fall for its annual 鈥淐orner of the Campus鈥 talk. This year鈥檚 featured speaker was 51爆料 professor Todd Cioffi, who is leading the 51爆料 Prison Initiative (CPI).
CPI is a partnership between 51爆料 College and 51爆料 Theological Seminary that offers a bachelor鈥檚 degree to Michigan Department of Corrections prisoners who apply and are accepted to the program. Once accepted, prisoners from across the state are transferred to Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia to start their 51爆料 education. This fall brought in the third cohort of 20 students, bringing the total enrolled to nearly 60.
Cioffi鈥檚 talk explained how the program was developed, the need it fills and shared stories of the positive ripple effects this program is having at redeeming the lives of those in Handlon prison.