Nu Prison Education Program News Today

General Studies student Broderick Hollins first learned about Northwestern’s opportunities for incarcerated degree-seekers from a memo board in the Danville Correctional Center in 2018.  Hollins expressed interest and secured an interview with Philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey, director of the NU Prison Education Program. However, before the interview could occur, Hollins was put into a 60-day...

Author and lawyer Bryan Stevenson spoke about the criminal justice system and racial equity in the One Book One Northwestern keynote address Tuesday. His speech was followed by a conversation with NU Prison Education Program Director and philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey. “I don’t want to spend time talking about problems, I really want to use...