The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program

Join Inside-Out and Pitzer College **TODAY** at 4:00 PM on Zoom! 🎓
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Join us to celebrate a major milestone as Pitzer College launches its first Inside-Out class taught completely in Spanish. This groundbreaking effort expands access, deepens inclusion, and brings transformative education to new communities, some of whom are relegated to the margins due to language issues.

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course held its closing ceremony on Wednesday, April 15 at the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution. Fourteen UWF students took a course on criminal justice topics this semester, meeting each week with fifteen incarcerated men from the prison. The students received certificates and listened to guest speakers from the Florida Coalition for Higher Education in Prison.

The course is led by Jennifer L. Brinkley, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Pre-Law.

A college course? Inside a county jail?

We welcomed Muhlenberg College's Jess Denke to tell us about The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and in the United States today.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hPdEmtkVMS0hPyTEyNOGd

Join us this Thursday, May 28th, at 4 PM to celebrate a major milestone as Pitzer College launches its first Inside-Out class taught completely in Spanish.

This groundbreaking effort expands access, deepens inclusion, and brings transformative education to new communities, some of whom are relegated to the margins due to language issues.

Get the link to join here: https://mailchi.mp/f08caa862b7e/may-28-zoom-announcement

Inside-Out's 103rd training kicks off this week, and we are thrilled to welcome this new cohort!🌟

Each group brings different stories and perspectives, making every training a one-of-a-kind experience. To our newest cohort: we're cheering you on as you dive into this week of connection and learning.

Interested in learning more about Inside-Out trainings? Visit our website to learn more: https://insideoutcenter.org/training.html

Assistant Professor of Music Hannah Standiford hopes to offer a new music appreciation course, entitled “Discovering Music,” on Friday afternoons next fall at Allegheny College. The course will not be taught in the usual Arnold Hall of Music - rather, it will take place at a local minimum-security women’s prison.

Standiford took the Inside-Out training program to become an instructor in May 2025. The week-long 40-hour training program was led by Lori P***a, the founder of Inside-Out, and Gabby Yearwood, a senior lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh.

Read more: https://alleghenycampus.com/26955/news/standiford-hopes-to-teach-music-class-at-womens-prison/

Standiford hopes to teach music class at women’s prison Assistant Professor of Music Hannah Standiford is hoping to offer a new music appreciation course entitled “Discovering Music” on Friday afternoons next fall, but the course will not be taught in the usual Arnold Hall of Music. Rather, it will take place at the State Correctional Institution Cam...

Join us TODAY, May 11th at 4:00pm EST for a Zoom conversation!

Seeding Restorative Justice from the Great Lakes to the Grand Canyon: Discover how a Restorative Justice Class developed by the Michigan Theory Group (an Inside-Out Think Tank) in Michigan birthed a Restorative Justice Inside-Out class in Arizona.

This discussion will spotlight the collaboration between instructors, inside students, and think tanks in creating innovative approaches, community healing, and the growing movement for justice beyond punishment.

Get the link to join here: https://mailchi.mp/9eda283efb9e/may-11-zoom-announcement

Programs like the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program are creating classrooms where learning is shared across lived experiences. Inside and outside students sit side by side, building understanding, dignity, and connection through education.

For many justice-impacted learners, this isn’t just about earning credits—it’s about rediscovering self-worth, finding purpose, and imagining a future that once felt out of reach. And the impact is real: education in these spaces has been shown to significantly reduce return rates and open pathways forward.

This is what happens when we center humanity in education. When we create spaces to learn with each other, not apart from one another, transformation follows.

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