- A group of Michigan female inmates earned bachelor’s degrees for the first time while incarcerated
- Eastern Michigan University designed the first bachelor’s degree program
- About 6% of those incarcerated in Michigan are women
Five years after the first man earned a bachelor’s degree while imprisoned in Michigan — and nearly 150 bachelor’s degrees earned since — women who are serving time are catching up.
This fall, a dozen incarcerated women received bachelor’s degrees from Eastern Michigan University at a ceremony at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, the state’s only prison for women. They were the first cohort of women at the prison to receive their bachelor’s degrees while incarcerated.
EMU is the first public higher education institution to establish a bachelor’s program for incarcerated women in the state…