Washington University in St. Louis Prison Education Project

The Source celebrated PEP’s first graduation ceremony at WERDCC and the third ceremony at MECC, which marks ten years of PEP courses at WashU. Read more about both ceremonies below!

‘The people we were meant to be’ - The Source - Washington University in St. Louis The Washington University Prison Education Project held its first commencement May 16 at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Missouri. The ceremony followed a May 15 commencement, the project’s third, at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center for men ...

12 Missouri women get Washington U degrees. From prison. They’re the first women to receive degrees through the program, which graduated its first class in a men’s prison in 2019.

PEP is thrilled to present the 2024 Maggie Garb Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Marisa Omori in a presentation about AI, algorithmic bias, and how racial inequality is quietly created and maintained within the criminal legal system. Join us tomorrow in Hurst Lounge for the lecture and a brief reception!

More information/RSVP at https://bit.ly/MaggieGarb2024

Join us this Friday for an exciting panel with WashU's Storytelling Lab! PEP Director Kevin Windhauser will moderate a discussion between Proximity for Justice Founder and Director Delia Cohen and PEP alumna Jasmine Ford in Somers Family Hall Room 215 at 5 pm.

Learn more about the event at the link below.

The Storytelling Lab and the Prison Education Project - “Storytelling from an Invisible World.” Delia Cohen, Founder and Director of Proximity for Justice. Proximity for Justice brings CEOs, community leaders, victims of crime, philanthropists, law enforcement, public policy makers, academics, and formerly incarcerated people together inside prisons with those who live and work there in events...

Two St. Louis women show impact of mentorship as former inmate becomes entrepreneur January is National Mentoring Month. A young St. Louis woman went from facing life in prison to getting a second chance at success with the help of a mentor who believes in her. FOX 2’s Blair…

We're incredibly grateful for the Haymarket Books Books Not Bars program's donation of books for PEP's reading group! Prospective students at WERDCC will read Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò's Elite Capture this spring as they build reading and critical thinking skills in preparation for college classes.

Learn more about our reading group at the link below. https://prisonedproject.wustl.edu/academics/scholarly-life-outside-the-classroom/

“Our students show up on campus bringing new perspectives, life experiences, and personal knowledge. They make the campus richer. They make discussions richer.”

Read more of what PEP Director Kevin Windhauser had to say about our program and students in the LearningWell magazine article below!

Transformational Learning | LearningWell Magazine The Prison Education Project of Washington University in St. Louis paves the way for rigorous liberal arts degree programs in prison

PEP is beyond excited to celebrate the first graduates from our program at WERDCC! The end of the fall semester saw five students from PEP’s inaugural class of students at WERDCC graduate with their associate in arts degree. Learn more about our students and their future studies via the story below.

PEP Celebrates First Graduates from WERDCC The end of the Fall 2023 semester marked a significant milestone for PEP’s campus at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia, MO – the program& #82…

PEP student Jasmine Ford's relationship with SCORE St. Louis mentor Brittany Raji Alberty was highlighted in a Fox2Now story yesterday! Ford was connected with SCORE St. Louis through PEP's reentry program while incarcerated and has maintained a close connection with her mentor as she works towards her ultimate goal of owning her own salon.

Two St. Louis women show impact of mentorship as former inmate becomes entrepreneur January is National Mentoring Month. A young St. Louis woman went from facing life in prison to getting a second chance at success with the help of a mentor who believes in her. FOX 2’s Blair…