Lehrer noted that the plan calls for a detention center in each borough except Staten Island, which de Blasio chalked up to
the small number of inmates originating there — and to resistance from Councilwoman Debi Rose, whose district covers the courts.
The Obama Administration recently unveiled a pilot program that will allow Pell Grants (the federal college subsidy program for the poor) to be issued to a
small number of colleges to offer college courses to eligible
inmates.