Bard College at Fishkill Correctional Facility

Bard College at Fishkill Correctional Facility is an instructional site of Bard College located near Beacon, New York. This site is part of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), one of the most recognized higher education in prison programs in the United States. Through BPI, Bard College delivers rigorous liberal arts education to incarcerated individuals at several New York State correctional facilities, offering opportunities to earn Bard College associate and bachelor's degrees while incarcerated.

Programs at this site are grounded in the Bard liberal arts curriculum, encompassing the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and languages. Graduates of the BPI program earn the same Bard College degrees as students at the main campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

Fishkill Correctional Facility is located in Dutchess County in the Hudson Valley region of New York, near the city of Beacon. The Bard Prison Initiative at Fishkill has been widely studied as a model for higher education in correctional settings, with research indicating significant reductions in recidivism among program participants.