Financial Literacy Inside: Why Budgeting Matters Before Release

Prison Entrepreneurship Program participant works on a digital business training module during a PEP computer lab session in a Texas prison

Why Money Habits Start Inside For many people leaving prison, finances are one of the biggest stressors. Bills, fees, job changes, housing deposits; it adds up quickly. That’s why PEP teaches financial literacy while participants are still inside. They don’t wait for release to start learning. They begin now. Budgeting Without a Paycheck? Yes. Even […]