Media

2/12/2019 • “Forging Their Own New Path” College Community Daily

1/24/2019 • “Hudson Link, C-GCC Award 13 Degrees at First Greene Correctional Facility Commencement” Columbia Green Community College Website

1/17/2019 • “Greene Correctional Facility Hudson Link Graduation” NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Website

6/15/2018 • “44 Inmates Get College Degrees in Prison” 4 New York News story published 

6/6/2018 • “Inmates At Sing Sing Correctional Facility Receive College Degrees” FiOS1 News Story on Sing Sing Grad

6/6/2018 • “Sing Sing inmates receive diplomas” News12 Coverage of Sing Sing Grad

4/9/2018 • “Outside the box: County executive wants to give former inmates a ‘fair chance to work” FiOS 1 News coverage of Westchester County Announcement

2/15/2018 • “Senate Leaders Reconsider Ban on Pell Grants for Prisoners” NYT article where Sean is interviewed/quoted

1/1/2018 • “INSIDE HIGHER ED: COLLEGE-IN-PRISON PROGRAMS FLOURISH, BUT FOR HOW LONG?” Perspectives On History Article. HL/Sean featured and quoted

12/15/2017 • “Educating prisoners gives them — and their communities — a shot at a better future” Ex- Education Secretary visits HL students at Sing Sing

12/5/2017 • “After 16 Years in Prison, a Massachusetts Man Helps Others Rebuild” Article on John Valverde’s work at Youth Build

11/7/2017 • “The Role of Education in Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration” Stand Together Blog Post

8/16/2017 • “Let Prisoners Learn While They Serve” NYT Op-ed on Criminal Justice Investment Initiative and Mercy College

7/2017 • San Quentin News Sean Pica featured on cover of July Edition

6/20/2017 • “Up the River” Stand Together Blog Post about Sing Sing Program

6/14/2017 • “Hope in Sing Sing Prison” National Review coverage of Sing Sing Graduation

6/9/2017 • “Hudson Link College Graduation at Sing Sing Prison” Richard French Live report on Sing Sing Graduation

4/14/2017 • “Sharing Life Lessons in Sing Sing Prison” Richard French coverage of a special education program in Sing Sing

4/6/2017 • “College Classes in Maximum Security: “The only thing I needed” Daily Utah Chronicle article about Hudson Link helping University of Utah start Prison Education Program

2/26/2017 • “Rhiannon Giddens Celebrates ‘Freedom Highway’ in the Big House” NYT feature on music alubum recorded at Sing Sing with help from Hudson Link students

2/9/2017 • “How Music Changed One Inmate’s Life” Playbill.com feature on Hudson Link Student’s incredible musical success

1/17/2017 • “Patchwork of Education Programs for NY Prisoners Who Want to Get Out and Stay Out” Danny Matos and Hudson Link discussed in City Limits Article

8/29/2016 • “Transformation Through Education: The Importance of Second Chance Pell” Kim Hunter Reed Deputy under Secrety at US Dept. of Education visited with Hudson Link Students at Sing Sing

7/16/2016 • “Why NY is Expanding Top Tier Education” CBS News story on prison education programs

6/24/2016 • “12,000 Incarcerated Students to Enroll in Postsecondary Educational and Training Programs Through Education Department’s New Second Chance Pell Pilot Program” US Department of Education on Second Chance Pell Act in White House

6/14/2016 • “College Classes Get a Boost at New York State Prisons” Wall Street Journal entry about college in prison

4/28/2016 • “In Their Own Words: Former Prisoners on What They Need to Succeed” Samuel Hamilton featured in article about reentry struggles

4/12/2016 • “Homer, Virgil hauled to New York prison for Ivy League class” Reuters article on Taconic Program

1/14/2016 • “Point-Counter Point: College behind bars?” lohud article about Cuomo proposition for college in prison

9/27/2015 • “Pope Francis ‘in the trenches’ “Sean asked to comment on Pope’s visit to Philadelphia prison

6/9/2015 • “At Sing Sing, Redemption in Degrees” Wall Street journal about Sing Sing 2015 graduation

6/12/2014 • “Whoopi Goldberg Discusses Hudson Link on ‘The View’