Incarcerated Resources and partnerships. Stay connected to opportunity and hope.

Blackstone partners with organizations that share our commitment to increasing educational access, supporting successful reentry, and creating pathways to workforce participation and lifelong learning.

Together, we help justice-impacted individuals build knowledge, strengthen career-ready skills, and prepare for the opportunities ahead.

Education creates momentum. Community sustains it.

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For friends and family of current or prospective incarcerated students to share your support, ask questions, and offer encouragement to others who are also sponsoring students.

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Begin Again, our monthly newsletter with resources to help your incarcerated loved one, inspirational stories, and more. We all need encouragement, hope, and guidance during difficult and unexpected seasons of life.
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For friends and family of current or prospective incarcerated students to share your support, ask questions, and offer encouragement to others who are also sponsoring students.

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Begin Again, our monthly newsletter with resources to help your incarcerated loved one, inspirational stories, and more. We all need encouragement, hope, and guidance during difficult and unexpected seasons of life.

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Incarcerated Career Guide

The Incarcerated Career Guide was developed to help justice-impacted individuals turn learning into action as they prepare for life after release.

Inside, you’ll find resources for career planning, professional communication, reentry support services, and strategies for navigating the employment process with confidence and purpose.

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Incarcerated Career Guide

The Incarcerated Career Guide was developed to help justice-impacted individuals turn learning into action as they prepare for life after release.

Inside, you’ll find resources for career planning, professional communication, reentry support services, and strategies for navigating the employment process with confidence and purpose.

Career Guide
Cover Letter Sample
Resume Sample
Career Guide
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Graduate stories

Blackstone is preparing justice-impacted individuals with: 

  • Legal knowledge
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills 
  • Self-discipline, accountability, and confidence
  • Career-ready professional skills 
  • Pathways for education, employment, and reentry success

These graduates demonstrate what can happen when education is matched with determination and follow-through.

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“…My experience was very special, and Blackstone’s professionalism was superb. They helped with my recidivism journey, provided support, encouragement and practical assistance whenever help was needed. With the knowledge and foundation, I’ve learned from Blackstone, combined with my associates degree, bachelor’s degree and currently working on my master’s degree, the future is looking optimistic. Once I understood that rock bottom was a decision that’s the moment, I decided to stop failing and take control of my life…”

Nathan B.

Legal Assistant/Paralegal Graduate

Blackstone is preparing justice-impacted individuals with: 

  • Legal knowledge
  • Critical thinking and problem-solving skills 
  • Self-discipline, accountability, and confidence
  • Career-ready professional skills 
  • Pathways for education, employment, and reentry success

These graduates demonstrate what can happen when education is matched with determination and follow-through.

“…My experience was very special, and Blackstone’s professionalism was superb. They helped with my recidivism journey, provided support, encouragement and practical assistance whenever help was needed. With the knowledge and foundation, I’ve learned from Blackstone, combined with my associates degree, bachelor’s degree and currently working on my master’s degree, the future is looking optimistic. Once I understood that rock bottom was a decision that’s the moment, I decided to stop failing and take control of my life…”

Nathan B.

Legal Assistant/Paralegal Graduate

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PARTNERSHIPS

Education creates possibility—but opportunity grows through community.

Blackstone partners with organizations that share our commitment to expanding access to education, supporting successful reentry, and creating pathways to employment and long-term success.

Together, we help justice-impacted individuals build knowledge, develop career-ready skills, and prepare for what comes next. Education and opportunity work best when they work together.

If you are interested in partnering with us, contact us.

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USING TIME TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

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At any given time, more than 1,200 incarcerated students are participating in the Institute’s correspondence Legal Assistant/Paralegal certificate program for the incarcerated. The old-fashioned paper-based program – no Internet is required – has been delivered to more than 1,800 institutions since the program began in the late 1970s.

The program can change their lives, as it did for Michael Harris, who was incarcerated in Arizona and is now a legal administrator/paralegal at Saldivar & Associates, PLLC in Phoenix. And he’s just one example.

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Higher education provides formerly incarcerated people with the ability to find good job opportunities and get their lives back on track. Only 4% of formerly incarcerated folks have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher, while 25% of the general public has reached this level of education.

In this guide, we review how to get into college, the best degrees for people with prior convictions, and everything else that formerly incarcerated folks should know about higher education.

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