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Happy Father’s Day!

by Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor – The Prison Scholar Fund It is amazing the important role a father plays in formulating a child’s worldview. As a child my dad, Robert L. Wood Sr., was everything I wanted to be. I looked up to him and admired...

Education and Incarceration: Struggles and Joy

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor – The Prison Scholar Fund March 7, 2002: I’m taken into federal custody, charged, and eventually plead guilty. As I leave the federal jail headed into the federal prison system in 2004 I begin to ponder not only...

Broken – America’s Criminal Justice System

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor – The Prison Scholar Fund March 7, 2002. The crack of dawn.  Rain constantly pounds the pavement. On the gang infested East Side of San Diego where gunshots ring throughout the night and police constantly speed to deal...

Dream Into Reality

by Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Adviser – The Prison Scholar Fund Through accessing, applying, and building on knowledge, we can take our dreams from being impossible, to incredible, to a state of common reality. Throughout history, this has been the case. Cars,...

Why the Prison Scholar Fund?

by Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Adviser – The Prison Scholar Fund At this time, while employment is readily available in the United States, a lot of people look around in the sunshine of prosperity and say “What can I do to make a difference?” Of course there are...

Technology, Understanding, and the Human Condition

By Robert Wood, Senior Social Media Advisor – The Prison Scholar Fund What do technology, understanding, and the human condition all have in common? They are all knowledge driven. In a world that evolves nearly as fast it spins technology, understanding, and the...