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History in the Making: Congratulations to the First Ever Class of Graduates at Taconic!

Wednesday January 24th marked a groundbreaking moment in Hudson Link's history, when associate degrees were awarded to six of our students inside Taconic Correctional Facility.

St. Thomas Aquinas College to Host a Screening of First Degree

This event is free and open to the public and will be held on the campus on Thursday, October 19, 2017. Read More

Hudson Link Annual Spring Benefit Dinner

Mark your calendars, the Hudson Link Annual Spring Benefit Dinner is coming up fast! This spectacular event will be held at the Grand Hyatt in New York City on May 17, 2018. Read More

Dr. Kim Hunter Reed to Serve as Keynote Speaker at Sing Sing Correctional Facility Graduation Ceremony

Hudson Link is thrilled to announce that Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, a noted advocate for increased access to higher education, will serve as the keynote speaker at the organization's June 7th commencement ceremony at Sing…

SUNY Sullivan 19 Graduates, 19 Honor Cords

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017 Hudson Link celebrated the accomplishments of the most recent class of graduates from SUNY Sullivan’s associate degree program at Sullivan Correctional Facility. Read More

Hudson Link Awards 500th Degree

On June 7th, 2017 Hudson Link celebrated the accomplishments of Sing Sing’s Class of 2017 along with two major program milestones Read More

Up the River: How a College Degree Helps Give Men and Women a Second Chance

For many incarcerated in Ossining, New York’s Sing Sing prison, the freedom granted to them after serving their sentences is illusory: Within three years, 42 percent of New York’s released inmates will find themselves locked…

Hope in Sing Sing Prison

Sparkling in the sunlight that inspired 19th-century romantic painters of the Hudson River School, Sing Sing prison’s razor wire, through which inmates can see the flowing river, is almost pretty. Read More

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Sing Sing Prison Inmates Urge their Children to Make Positive Life Choices

Ossining program serves an outreach to prisoners’ young family members. “For many of the children in the neighborhood, they look up to us for all the wrong reasons. They look at prison as a rite…

Hudson Link to Host College Commencement Ceremony at Sullivan Correctional Facility

Hudson Link / SUNY Sullivan Community College to award an Associate degree in Liberal Arts to 20 men at Sullivan Correctional Facility on Wednesday, June 1st. Read More

Hudson Link to Host College Commencement Ceremony at Sing Sing Correctional Facility

Hudson Link / Mercy College to award 13 Associate and 23 Bachelor degrees in Behavioral Science at Sing Sing Correctional Facility on Wednesday, June 7th. Colorado Department of Higher Education Executive Director Kim Hunter Reed…

SUNY Ulster Hosts “Zero Percent” Film Screening and Panel on Education in Prison

SUNY Ulster hosts a special event centered on the importance of access to higher education for people in the prison system. A film screening of “Zero Percent” and a panel discussion with members of the…

$20,000 Gannett Foundation Grant Awards

Gannett Foundation Grant Reception in White Plains, Jan. 18, 2017. The media group awarded $20,000 to four organizations, including Hudson Link, in the lower Hudson Valley. Read More

photo by Adi Talwar. Steuben Vega now helps people coming out of prison get the job training they need. During his own stint, he found the vocational education options a poor fit for the modern workplace.

Education Programs for NY Prisoners Who Want to Get Out and Stay Out

A course at Clinton Correctional prison taught him to cut and solder pipes for air conditioning systems but the lesson Steuben Vega remembers best is how to count cards. Read More

Hudson Link Proves the Power of Prison Education

Douglas Duncan dropped out of high school with little self-worth or hope for a future. Associations with the wrong people and a string of poor choices landed him in prison at the age of 24…

Sean Pica, executive director of Hudson Link, celebrates recent graduates at a Hudson Link graduation ceremony

16 Years in Prison and 3 College Degrees

"I woke up in a place I didn’t know existed. I thought my life was over.” These are the words of Sean Pica, who found himself in prison at the age of 16, staring down…

What Is Recidivism And What Can We Do About It?

With the highest incarceration rate in the world, the United States is home to an estimated 6.8 million people under supervision in the U.S. adult correctional system, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Read…

What an Incredibly Impactful Year 2016 has Proven to Be!

Not only will 176 participants and alumni of our program have returned home to their families and communities by year-end, with both the support and life skills needed to succeed outside of prison, but the…

Doris E. Buffett Building for Higher Education in Prison is Building a Better Future!

On September 29th Hudson Link hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in celebration of the grand opening of the Doris E. Buffett Building for Higher Education in Prison - the new, permanent home of Hudson Link.…

College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons

College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons, From the Wall Street Journal, By Corinne Ramey: Manhattan district attorney’s office, in agreement with state, allocates $7.5 million in bank forfeiture funds for college…