The GED Gap — Why Basic Education Still Isn’t Basic (Especially if You're a Woman in a Cage

Let’s be clear: education has always been hyped as “the great equalizer.” A ladder out of poverty. A ticket to freedom. Blah blah bootstrap narrative. But for incarcerated women—especially survivors of trafficking, abuse, and generational poverty—education isn’t just inaccessible, it’s practically mythical.

We’re talking about women who’ve been locked out long before they were locked up. And yet, somehow, a GED still manages to be treated like a luxury item instead of a baseline.