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NPEP Student Broderick Hollins Works to Improve Outcomes of Justice-impacted Youth at the Restorative Justice Community Courts

NPEP student Broderick Hollins plays a crucial role at the Restorative Justice Community Courts (RJCC) by providing opportunities for growth and change for young...
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The Voices of Those Affected by Criminal Testimonial Injustice

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...
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’Every Lawyer Needs This Experience’: How Professor Sheila Bedi Bridges the Criminal Legal System Through Teaching

Sheila A. Bedi is a clinical professor of law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and director of the Community Justice and Civil...
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GSAC Spotlight: Gerpha Gerlin on NPEP’s Wellness Initiatives

Gerpha Gerlin is a graduate student at Northwestern University, currently seeking her doctorate in anthropology and her master’s degree in public health. She expects...
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NPEP Justice Fellow Heather Canuel Hosts Panel, ‘Expecting Justice: Pregnancy in Prisons’

On January 24, 2024, NPEP Justice Fellow Heather Canuel hosted a panel event at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law titled, “Expecting Justice: Pregnancy...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates named Northwestern Prison Education Program commencement speaker

The author and journalist will address the first incarcerated students to receive bachelor’s degrees from a top 10 university Award-winning author and journalist Ta-Nehisi...
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I Left Death Row. But Death Row Didn’t Leave Me.

Anthony Ehlers is a Communications Fellow for the Northwestern Prison Education Program and a recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from...
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Logan Student Erika Ray Publishes First Poetry Collection, ‘42 and Freedom’

Ahead of the launch of her collection of poetry, “42 and Freedom,” at The Sweden Shop in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood on August 27,...
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‘You All Are Some of the Best Students Ever’: Professor Mary Pattillo on Teaching With NPEP

In the fall of 2022, Professor Mary Pattillo taught a course for Cohort 1 at Stateville on qualitative research methods, and each student was...
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NPEP Summer 2023 Newsletter

The following is an excerpt from NPEP’s Summer 2023 newsletter. You can read the full newsletter here.  Dear NPEP community, Welcome to the Northwestern...
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