Wiley College Offering Degrees to Some Prison Inmates

MARSHALL – Some Louisiana prison inmates will be able to get a college degree, thanks to a Northeast Texas school. Wiley College in Marshall has announced it will offer prison inmates a chance to get a college degree as part of a new federal program. The prison inmates will be offered a federal Second Chance Pell Grant. This would fully fund their books and tuition as part of a degree or certification program. The pilot program allows the school to choose which prisons will benefit from the program. Wiley College has selected three in Louisiana, Madison Parish Detention Center, Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women St. Gabriel Unit and Winnfield Correctional Center. The program at the Marshall school is expected to begin no later than September of next year.