Watch The University of Sing Sing

2014
1 Season
7.5 (89)

The University of Sing Sing is a television documentary. This documentary is about educating prisoners in New York's Sing Sing Prison. Statistics show that prisoners without a high school education are much more likely to commit another crime and go back to prison. This rate drops when they have more education. Education will help stop the cycle of imprisonment and there is a group of former prisoners who started a program to help stop this cycle. The documentary is about their efforts.

This documentary depicts real life prisoners in a real, currently existing prison. This is the struggle to help break the cycle of imprisonment and crime.

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1. SPECIAL!

March 31, 2014

Go inside the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where some 1,700 men serve out long sentences. Many inmates have found hope, and a new state of mind, through Hudson Link, a non-profit organization that offers college courses and the opportunity to earn a diploma. Through the program the prisoners bring enthusiasm and insight to the classroom. This documentary shows the true value of education, and its ability to give a second chance.

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This documentary depicts real life prisoners in a real, currently existing prison. This is the struggle to help break the cycle of imprisonment and crime.