In our moments of greatest failure it can be easy to believe it rsquo s too late for us that we rsquo ve lost our chance at a life of purpose and worth That rsquo s how Elias a former inmate at a maximum-security prison in New York described feeling as a prisoner ldquo I had broken promises the promise of my own future the promise of what I could be rdquo It was Bard College rsquo s ldquo Prison Initiative rdquo college degree program that began to transform Elias rsquo life While in the program Elias participated in a [... more]