Mend, a publication from Project Mend of Syracuse University, celebrates the lives and creative work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people as well as individuals who have been impacted by the criminal justice system. This annual publication showcases writing of all types, including fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. While prospective authors may submit pieces that describe their experiences with incarceration, the publication welcomes contributions on any topic.
This Best Interest Determination (BID) Toolkit was created by the Vera Institute of Justice, in partnership with a BID Council and the members of the 2024 Corrections Education Leadership Academy (CELA), to be a resource for corrections agencies to prepare their BID system with all processes, procedures, and stakeholders in place, as necessary, to assess postsecondary institutions offering a PEP, according to federal regulations. To maintain their PEP status, postsecondary institutions must work with their correctional partner, otherwise known as the oversight entity, to complete a program…
The thesis of my book, Prisons of Creativity: Artistic Innovation During Incarceration (Routledge, 2025), is that the Constitution's intellectual property clause calls for promoting innovation by all people, including the incarcerated, to benefit the nation. The book proposes a shift from exploiting prison labor to supporting creativity among those who opt in, protecting their intellectual property rights, and making their creative products in literature, the visual arts, music, drama, and other expressive products available to the public. The size of the prison…
Position: Education in Action Intern
Time Commitment:
- Up to 25 hours a week (Minimum of 5 hours of virtual meetings and coworking and up to 20 hours of independent work)
- 6-month commitment; with an option to extend an additional 6 months
Anticipated Annual Salary Range: $20–$25/hour; up to 25 hours/week
Introduction
The Alliance for Higher Education in…
The Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS), with generous support from the Mellon Foundation, is forming a national consortium of higher education in prison programs that operate in prisons designated for women.
The Womxn’s Higher Education in Prison Consortium (WHEP) is a collaborative initiative designed to advance equity in higher education for incarcerated women, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals. This groundbreaking effort brings together programs operating in women-designated prisons to address shared challenges, foster…
A New Path: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation is a guide for people who live in the United States with the threat of deportation. This guide includes information on topics such as
- Know your rights
- Planning for possible deportation
- What to expect with detention and deportation
- How to connect with resources in your home country
- …
Title: Completing the PEP Application and the E-App Process
Date: January 28, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Duration: 75 minutes
Price: Free
When Partner Connect and the E-App changed at the beginning of 2024, schools discovered they would need to add some unanticipated details to their application the first time they did a submission after that. And when the process and documentation to apply to be a Prison Education Program (PEP) via the E-App changed in the…
While end-of-course surveys are standard in most colleges and universities, they’re often designed for traditional students and overlook the unique needs of incarcerated students and the educators who serve them. This guide bridges that gap, offering evaluation questions tailored to the prison education context. Developed with input from students enrolled in prison education programs, it’s a tool to help ensure course evaluations are both meaningful and relevant.
This guide was developed in collaboration between the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates…
On September 30, 2024, Ithaka S+R released a new research report exploring how colleges and community organizations partner to provide reentry services.
The following text was posted on the Ithaka S+R blog to announce publication.
When revised federal Pell Grant regulations went into effect in July of 2023, one of the provisions stipulated that college in prison programs would be obliged to document how they provide reentry services…
