Tufts Prison Initiative

The Tufts University Prison Initiative of the Tisch College of Civic Life (TUPIT) brings Tufts faculty and students together with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people, educators, organizers, corrections staff, and scholars of criminal justice to facilitate creative and collaborative responses to the problems of mass incarceration and racial injustice. Extending the vision of Tufts University and Tisch College, TUPIT is dedicated to providing transformative educational experiences that foster student, faculty, and community members’ capacities to become active citizens of change in the world.

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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.

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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

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Educational Program Aims to Lower Recidivism Rates, Improve Quality of Life for Inmates

A $100K grant from the Cummings Foundation will fund this Tisch College program that supports associate degrees for people in a Massachusetts correctional institution

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After Prison, Education Equals Opportunity

At this year's prison education symposium hosted by the Prison Initiative of Tisch College, formerly incarcerated scholar Stanley Andrisse shared how his path from prison to Ph.D. highlights the transformative potential of higher education.

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