Founder of Famed Initiative to Provide Education for Prisoners Visits the Price of Business Show

Recently Price visited with the founder and Executive director of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). According to BPI, “Max Kenner conceived of and created BPI as a student volunteer organization when he was an undergraduate at Bard College in 1999. After gaining the support of the College and cooperation of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, he has overseen the growth of the program into a credit-bearing and, subsequently, degree-granting program in 2001. In addition to organization management and program design for BPI, Kenner is responsible for fundraising and management of relations with New York State and the Department of Correctional Services.”

They discussed this important initiative and the profound impact it is having on its students and the potential impact it can have on the larger culture.

Recently Kenner and the Bard Prison Initiative were part of the focus of a series on PBS called “College Behind Bars.” USA Daily Times recently did a review of the movie here (includes a trailer of the series. Kevin Price said “this is one of the most important series I’ve seen. It is incredibly powerful and inspirational.”