The momentum for criminal justice reform continues as bipartisan support for legislative changes and correctional system initiatives picks up steam. Prospects for passing the REAL (Restoring Education ...

Georgetown University welcomed its fifth cohort of Pivot Program fellows, 19 formerly incarcerated individuals who will participate in the year-long reentry program. The Pivot Program is designed to ...

The Georgetown University Pivot Program released its first ever annual report, showcasing the work of the program since its founding three years ago. The Pivot Program hosts annual cohorts for around ...

Ten months ago, Kaamilya Finley was presented with an ultimatum: She could either stay in her home, where she was living after returning from a period of incarceration; or she could take part in an ...

Pivot offers a certificate in business and entrepreneurship for formerly incarcerated individuals. Here’s a look at the winners of the pitch competition. Winners of the Pivot pitch competition: ...

The Pivot Program is a one-year transition and re-entry program centered around academic work and pushing former prison inmates to become entrepreneurs. (Georgetown University) WASHINGTON (ABC7) — A ...

Homeless, scared, and lost, Corey Pollard had been out of jail for less than a year when he nearly gave up hope of ever returning to a normal life. “I had been going to the halfway houses in D.C., ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — After serving 17 years in prison, Washington, D.C. and Prince George's County native Raashed Hall is turning his life around--with a new invention he designed while incarcerated.

This June, in front of friends, family, and Georgetown University faculty, a cohort of formerly incarcerated individuals celebrated their graduation from the Pivot Program, offered through ...

Faculty and students at Boston College Law School, which hosted a pitch session for former inmates to propose ideas for starting their own businesses. It’s part of a trend of colleges teaching ...