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The Tufts Daily

How to transform policy into change: Tufts Education Reentry Network

‘MyTERN’ course hosted an event with local legislators, helping students learn to transform policy recommendations into real change.

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CBS News

Advocates say Massachusetts prison system is setting inmates up to fail

Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Tisch College of Civic Life's (TUPIT) collaboration with MCI Concord and the program's inaugural graduation of students is mentioned in this article.

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The Boston Globe

Tufts prison initiative gives grads the gift of hope

This article highlights the Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT). Several students, including those who are part of the first-ever graduating class, are quoted about the initiative’s impact.

A woman wears a sculpture that shows her head behind bars.

Rewriting Their Prison Stories, Sentence by Sentence

A first-of-its-kind national journal of literature and art gives voice to hundreds of people affected by incarceration

The second graduating cohort of MyTERN students to earn the certificate in Civic Studies from Tufts

NSF CIVIC 2022 Stage 1 Award Granted to Tisch College's Innovative Prison Initiative

Tisch College's TUPIT prison initiative is a NSF CIVIC 2022 Stage 1 grant awardee.

Learning Lessons - and Earning Degrees - on the Inside

Through the Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College, the first cohort of incarcerated students earn associate degrees—the first group to do so in state history.

Addressing Mass Incarceration through Education

The Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College has adapted and persevered during COVID-19, providing invaluable opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals.

Tracking COVID-19 Behind Bars

A new Tufts group draws attention to the spread of coronavirus in prisons, jails, immigration detention centers, and juvenile facilities—which affects us all.

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Bringing the Incarcerated Millions into View

A new exhibition at Tufts University Art Galleries sheds light on those imprisoned and their families.