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
The Northwestern Insider is, for many Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) students, a long time coming. Inspired by other publications they’ve contributed to, the Northwestern Insider aims to be a place where NPEP students can write personal essays, poems, critiques, reviews, fiction, and more. The intention is to publish the Northwestern Insider on a quarterly
Sheila A. Bedi is a clinical professor of law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and director of the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic, a law school clinic that provides students with the opportunities to work within social justice movements on legal and policy strategies aimed at redressing over-policing and mass imprisonment. Bedi
Story by Anthony Ehlers; Photos by Monika Wnuk 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 Northwestern University. Before James Soto was released from Stateville Correctional Center, Anthony interviewed him to talk about his experience as the longest-serving wrongfully convicted
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 Coates will deliver the commencement address for the Northwestern Prison Education Program. This graduation marks the first time incarcerated students in the United States will be conferred a bachelor’s degree from
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 Northwestern University. In 2002, Anthony’s sentence was commuted from the death penalty to life in prison. He is currently incarcerated at Sheridan Correctional Center. He wrote the following essay to commemorate World
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, NPEP Logan student Erika Ray shared more about the ideas behind the collection and how it came about. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Tell us about “42
