State Pell Grants are given to students, who wish to attend college and want to continue their education. At no point do we stop and think, maybe we should grant prison inmates the same opportunity as we have. With this in mind, a few factors to consider are: crime they committed, length of prison term (i.e. short term or life term), and when is enough, enough. Of course, these factors are going to vary, but they are a start in trying to figure out if this plan would work. As this grant should not be given so freely, to prison inmates, it would be important that each state implements strict criteria. There should be a provisional period to examine the risks before the benefits, because in the end, this will affect all college students. The