- 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
PEP Awarded NEA Big Read Grant for 2022-2023
June 23, 2022—St. Louis, MO—The Washington University Prison Education Project is one of 62 organizations nationwide selected to receive a 2022-2023 NEA Big Read grant. A grant of $12,700 will support a community reading program focusing on Circe by Madeline Miller from September 2022 – February 2023. An initiative of the National Endowment for the […]
Prison Education Project Students Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education Article
Last month, three Prison Education Project students were interviewed about ongoing efforts to increase the quality of educational technology in the Chronicle of Higher Education: Amy Walker and Jasmine Ford, two current students in the program at WERDCC in Vandalia, MO and Sam (Sherri) Densing, recently released from WERDCC and now working with the Prison […]
Prison Education Project Celebrates Second Graduation at MECC
On May 25th, 2022 the Prison Education Project was proud to celebrate its second ever graduation ceremony at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center. PEP awarded 18 degrees to MECC students. PEP’s graduation ceremony was featured in the June 8, 2022 edition of The Source, including a video featuring remarks from Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, guest […]
PEP Student Publishes Play
PATRICIA PREWITT, a Prison Education Project student who is currently enrolled in college courses at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (WERDCC) in Vandalia, Missouri, has had a one-act play titled Clarity published in The Massachusetts Review. This story is not fiction. Prisoners are hidden in the shadows. I feel fortunate to be […]
PEP Awarded Grant from Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis
The Prison Education Project Reentry Program has received a $32,000 grant from the Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis to support justice-involved individuals and their families. To ensure the full impact of its educational offerings, the Prison Education Project (PEP) provides free education-centered reentry planning and support for currently incarcerated and recently released students. With support from the […]