A vibrant community of incarcerated students, educators, formerly incarcerated individuals, and others who are committed to a more just and humane world.

Actively engages University of Chicago students and community members in solutions to human rights problems, advancing new questions around human rights theory and practice through the lens of deep research, experiential learning, and critical community-building.

A coalition of programs and educators dedicated to providing quality higher education opportunities for people who are incarcerated in Illinois.

Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice seeks to create momentum for modern, effective solutions that transform and improve current public safety methodology.

Prison + Neighborhood Arts/Education Project (PNAP) is a visual arts and education project that connects teaching artists and scholars to incarcerated students at Stateville Maximum Security Prison through classes, workshops, a policy think tank, and guest lectures. Classes cover subjects ranging from poetry, visual arts, and creative writing to political theory, social studies, and history. PNAP also offers a tuition-free degree-granting program at Stateville in partnership with the University Without Walls at Northeastern Illinois University.

North Park’s School of Restorative Arts offers a MA in Christian Ministry and Restorative Arts allowing free and incarcerated students to study together.

BPI college is spread across six interconnected prisons in New York State. It enrolls over 300 students and organizes a host of extracurricular activities to replicate the breadth of college life and inquiry.

Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison provides college education, life skills and reentry support to incarcerated men and women so they can make a positive impact on their own lives, their families, and communities, resulting in lower rates of recidivism and higher rates of employment, community regeneration, cohesiveness, and reciprocity.

The Prison Education Program (PEP) brings Columbia courses to students who are currently incarcerated in local state prisons, as part of the effort to increase access to higher education for justice-involved individuals.

Study and Struggle organizes against criminalization and incarceration in Mississippi through mutual aid, political education, and community building.

Empowering incarcerated community members and highly at-risk youth from the Koʻolau region to grow through Higher Education.