This discussion guide is a useful tool for facilitators leading thoughtful conversations about the content in the report, and for notetakers seeking to capture important ideas and action items. You’ll find questions, materials, and guidelines, as well as instructions and tips for both facilitators and notetakers. The purpose of the discussion guide is to create a dialogue among people who care about improving equity, access, and excellence in higher education in prison programs. Staff and program administrators can use this discussion guide to:
• Discuss opportunities and talk with…
In December 2017, Lumina Foundation provided support to the Prison University Project (PUP) and the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison (the Alliance) to reflect upon and document the key characteristics of high-quality prison higher education programs, and to inform other stakeholders in the field, including new and experienced practitioners seeking to achieve equity and excellence in their work, policy leaders, philanthropists, and others. The main practical goal of this report is to provide a summary of what the authors believe are the most essential components of a high-quality in-…
This resource is the CIU Prison Initiative Student Handbook.
Volunteer handbook: The Prison Education Program at Saint Louis University is a Jesuit-inspired initiative that provides access to high-quality liberal arts education for people who are incarcerated and prison staff.
Volunteer handbook: This program serves adult women, with no college credit or non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.
Volunteer handbook: The Florida Prison Education Project provides educational opportunities to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Florida, researches the societal benefits of prison education, and integrates the study of justice into the University of Central Florida curriculum. This program serves adult men, with non-credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.
Staff handbook: Tennessee Higher Education Initiative disrupts systems of harm, creates opportunities for autonomy and success through education, support, and advocacy with and for justice impacted individuals. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.
Strategic plan: The Petey Greene Program supplements education in jails, prisons, detention centers, and reentry programs by providing free, high-quality tutoring and related programming to support the academic achievement of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. The Petey Greene Program also educates its volunteers—college students and community members—about the injustice manifest in our carceral system, and strives to inspire its alumni—both students and tutors—to become advocates and take on leadership roles that reimagine the criminal legal system. This program serves…
Strategic plan: The Self-Paced Program, offered in both paper and web-based formats, is specifically designed to make learning as flexible as possible. A wide variety of courses is available and you can take up to six months to complete each course. Students can complete degrees at the associate and bachelor's levels. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.
Student evaluation form: As a champion of institutional, structural, and personal transformation, the Institute opens doors and eliminates barriers to success for people who have been involved in the criminal legal system. It creates access to higher education and pathways to satisfying careers. It advocates for the right to housing, employment, healthcare, and other human rights too often denied people with criminal convictions. This program serves adult men, with college credit offerings. Instruction is on-site, face-to-face, and remote.
