- Earning a degree behind bars: WU Prison Education Project changes lives
- Challenges conquered: Students in the Prison Education Project learn computer science the WashU way
- Washington U. grad vows to create second chances for other ex-prisoners
- Wash U Prison Education Project Celebrates First Grads, Program Expansion
- Prison Education Project wins Mellon Foundation grant
- It looks like any other graduation – except these graduates earned their degrees in prison
- 10 Missouri Inmates Receive Associate Degrees From University
- Washington University graduates its first class of students in prison
- ‘Education is transformative’: Washington University Prison Education Project presents first Commencement
- For Some Inmates, Rehabilitation Includes a College Degree
- 10 inmates earn degrees, graduate in Missouri prison
- 10 inmates make history as first to graduate from school’s prison education program
Updates from PEP
2022 Year-End Roundup
PEP has had a big year in 2022!! From the launch of our second degree program at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia, MO to our celebration of 18 new PEP graduates at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center, it’s been a full and exciting year. Here are some of our most […]
Higher Education as Reentry: PEP Hosts Panel at Missouri Reentry Conference
On November 3rd, as a part of the Missouri Reentry Conference, Washington University’s Prison Education Project co-hosted a panel on higher education as a form of reentry programming with St. Louis University’s Prison Education Program. The conversation featured Kevin Windhauser, WashU PEP’s Program Director, Jim Brock, WashU PEP’s Alumni Coordinator, Julie O’Heir, SLU PEP’s Program […]
PEP Attends and Presents at 2022 STEM-OPS Annual Convening
In late October, the Washington University in St. Louis Prison Education Project team attended the first STEM-OPS Annual Convening, a conference for stakeholders dedicated to expanding access to STEM education and careers for people impacted by incarceration. STEM-OPS, or STEM Opportunities in Prison Settings, is an alliance of partnered organizations guided by the vision that […]
PEP Completes Technology and Digital Literacy workshop series
Thanks to the generous support of the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, the Prison Education Project was recently able to complete our Technology and Digital Literacy workshop series! Workshops are led by Reentry Coordinator Dr. Jami Ake and made possible through significant support by Alumni Education Coordinator Sam Densing. On Saturday, October 15th, PEP will […]
Justice for All: PEP and Gephardt Institute Host Voting Rights Restoration Panel
On Monday, September 26th, the Prison Education Project hosted a panel discussion on the status of voting rights for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people in Missouri as a part of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement’s Civic Action Week. The conversation featured Jameel Spann, Violence Intervention Specialist at the Freedom Community Center and […]