A confrontation with societal perceptions, stereotypes, and systemic injustices, and the dehumanizing effects of stereotypes and incarceration.

Exploring themes of freedom, longing, and the contrast between captivity and liberation

Contemplating confinement through the eyes of a cockroach.

Exploring the impact of Truth-in-Sentencing (TIS) laws and consequences for incarcerated individuals, their families, and society as a whole.

Lynn Green, an NPEP graduate and intern with Illinois State Senator Rachel Ventura’s office, highlights four pieces of legislation that may affect certain members of our community.

In the fall of 2022, Professor Mary Pattillo taught a course for Cohort 1 at Stateville on qualitative research methods, and each student was required to write an interview guide. One student, Tony Triplett, wrote a guide to interview Pattillo, to which she happily obliged.

A profile on Sanjana Subramaniam, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Northwestern University and a dedicated tutor for the Northwestern Prison Education Program.

An open letter is a heartfelt tribute from NPEP graduate D.C. Crite to Professor Jennifer Lackey, recognizing her as a hero for her unwavering commitment to prison education and the transformative work she has done.

On Nov. 15, 2023, 16 Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) students became the first incarcerated students to graduate from a top 10 university.

After more than four decades, NPEP graduate James Soto was released on December 14, 2023 from Stateville Correctional Center.

Pondering 42 years in prison with James Soto.

A year and a half following his release from Stateville Correctional Center, Broderick Hollins sat down with NPEP intern Darya Tadlaoui to talk about when he first heard about NPEP, the day he got out, and the challenges he’s faced in the outside world.

Information, letters, and updates from the Northwestern Prison Education Program.