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Facts and Stats

News and headlines

 

 

 

• 41 of Hudson Link's
graduates have been paroled;
0 has returned to prison.

• The New York state recidivism rate is 67%.

• The national recidivism rate is 60%.
  

Cost of Imprisonment

 

money

 

• It costs an average $48,000 to keep one person behind bars annually

• The national recidivism rate is 60%.

• Hudson Link’s 41 graduates are saving the State of New York $2 million per year in tax dollars

• It costs Hudson Link $222,000 a year to educate 100 men at Sing Sing
  

Degrees Granted

diploma

 

• Since 2001, Mercy College has granted 165 degrees (89 bachelors and 76 associates) to Hudson Link students

28 men graduate at Sing Sing

At the June graduation at Sing Sing this year, 28 men walked down the aisle to receive their diplomas. Ten men received their Bachelor of Science degree and 18 men earned Associates degrees.

Todd Young: Class of 2009 valedictorian

Todd Young gave the valedictorian speech for the Class of 2009.
Read his speech.

Actor Tim Robbins speaks to the Class of 2009

Actor Tim Robbins praises the Class of 2009 as "leaders of men."
Read his words of encouragement to the 28 graduates.
See the video Part 1, Part 2

Reaching out to the women at Taconic

Hudson Link’s college education program has expanded. We now offer college credit courses at Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, NY, a facility for women.

Spring Benefit Dinner!   

May 6, 2010 at The Yale Club in Manhattan

For more information on the event or to purchase a ticket, please contact the Hudson Link office at 914.941.0794

Upcoming events

 

2010
February 1: Annual Meeting
May 6: Spring Benefit Dinner
June 2: Class of 2010 graduation



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Believing in the transformative power of education

   
   
   
 
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