LESS THAN 4% OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, COMPARED TO 29% OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Lucius Couloute, Oct. 2018

The UCSC Undergrounds Scholars (USP) is a program for students who have been directly impacted by the criminal punishment system, including formerly incarcerated people or those with incarcerated family members.

The program aims to shift the School-to-Prison pipeline to a Prison-to-School pipeline using higher education as an alternative to incarceration.