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Incarcerated people to regain use of federal Pell Grants for the 1st time in nearly 30 years

For nearly three decades, incarcerated people have not been able to access federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses offered in prison. That will change this summer.

WUWM’s Emily Files reports.

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