Over the course of seven years an Arizona State University professor and a man serving man authored Imprisoned Minds, a book about trauma and healing in prison that was published in December 2024.
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College Inside contributor recognized for art created behind bars
The second annual Stillwater Awards, which recognizes excellence in prison journalism, awarded a College Inside contributor first place in its Best Illustration category.
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How one Illinois Man is studying to become a lawyer — from a Minnesota prison
An incarcerated man transferred from Illinois to Minnesota to attend Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
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Open Campus reporters win Colorado feature-writing award
The reporters partnered on a story about an incarcerated professor teaching incarcerated students in Colorado.
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Auburn University’s prison education program ‘indefinitely suspended’
Auburn University’s college program for incarcerated students was suspended indefinitely after the Alabama Department of Corrections barred college staff from entering the state prisons due to alleged security concerns.
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DePaul class inside Cook County jail brings together incarcerated and campus-based students
The Inside-Out program brings together campus-based students with incarcerated students for quarter-long courses. DePaul offers at least one of these classes at Cook County jail every quarter.
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Department of Education purge leaves incarcerated students in limbo
Highlights the conversations had with federal Education Department staff who have been affected by the layoffs, as well as other experts, about what the Trump administration’s plans mean for prison education programs
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College Inside and Prisoncast! team up to launch newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois
Charlotte West, Open Campus’s education and prisons reporter, has teamed up with Lauren Frost and Alex Keefe from WBEZ Chicago’s Prisoncast! project to create a quarterly print newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois.
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Here’s what the Education Department layoffs mean for higher education in prison
There are more questions than answers about how higher-education-in-prison programs will be affected given the unprecedented changes at the Education Department.
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He won a yearlong fight to be released from prison, but says more deserve sentence reductions
Carl Rogers, walked out of Robinson Correctional Center on February 14. By his calculations, his release came more than a year later than it should have.