Pell grants , which provide financial aid to students in need , were made available to prison inmates in the 1970s . New York Gov . Cuomo wants to give inmates the chance to earn a degree . The program will offer college-level courses at Some 500 Brooklyn prisons six years . Andrew Cuomo on state 's current incarceration system : ` ` We have little to show for it ''
New York Gov . Cuomo wants to give inmates the chance to earn a degree . The program will offer college-level courses at Some 500 Brooklyn prisons six years . Andrew Cuomo on state 's current incarceration system : `` We have little to show for it ''