The Justice-Impacted Writers Project teaches selected NPEP students how to write an industry level original TV pilot and connects them with show business insiders. A former gang member writes a hit TV show and then pays it forward by helping incarcerated students develop original TV pilots and meet show business contacts. Sounds straight from Hollywood,
NPEP student Demetrius Cunningham writes about how music shapes his identity and lived experience. People are truly connected through the power of music—one song can tell a thousand stories. In spite of the environmental roadblocks of prison, music has opened doors to new, exciting, and beautiful worlds. With music by my side, I’m able to
The Documenting Carceral Injustice Program allows NPEP and on-campus students to collaboratively create documentaries amplifying the voices of those incarcerated. When award-winning filmmaker and Northwestern professor Brent E. Huffman steps into a class with Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) students, he’s not just teaching a course on documentary filmmaking — he’s empowering incarcerated students to
The third issue of the Northwestern Insider, the NPEP student-written magazine, is now available. This special issue honors the memory of NPEP student Katrina Giles. In the short time that Katrina was in NPEP, she filled the lives of everyone she touched with joy, hope, and care, and the light that burned so brightly in
NPEP graduate Taurean Decatur and NPEP students Erika Ray and Oliver Crawford discuss how they’ve built strong and meaningful relationships with their children while incarcerated. For those separated by incarceration, parenting requires navigating the challenges of maintaining and nurturing relationships with family from afar. NPEP graduate Taurean Decatur and NPEP students Erika Ray and Oliver
The second issue of the Northwestern Insider, the NPEP student-written magazine, is now available. This special issue honors much-beloved NPEP graduate Michael Broadway and features writing by Michael, reviews, essays, and poems inspired by him, and remembrances from his classmates, faculty, and friends. Michael made an enormous impact on the NPEP community, and he is missed
NPEP graduate Anthony Ehlers provides a recap of all things related to Stateville/Sheridan from the fall of 2023 through the fall of 2024. This past year has been one of achievement and loss, a year of firsts, and hopefully, lasts. The NPEP community has seen history-making events, as well as the deep sorrow of losing
NPEP student Broderick Hollins plays a crucial role at the Restorative Justice Community Courts (RJCC) by providing opportunities for growth and change for young adults facing incarceration. Broderick Hollins is a force to be reckoned with. In addition to working toward completing his degree through the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP), he’s a circle keeper
William Peoples, a 2023 NPEP graduate and current Teaching Fellow, celebrates Dr. Jennifer Lackey’s book “Criminal Testimonial Injustice,” which recently won the North American Society for Social Philosophy (NASSP) 2024 Book Award. In the winter of 2019, while in the grip of one of the most deadly pandemics in history, NPEP Director Dr. Jennifer Lackey
