The Inside-Out Exchange Program
“That wall isn’t there just to keep me in, but to keep you out.”
- Tyrone W. (former inside participant)
Education through which we are able to encounter each other, especially across profound social barriers, is transformative and allows problems to be approached in new and different ways.
The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program increases opportunities for men and women, inside and outside of prison, to have transformative learning experiences that emphasize collaboration and dialogue, inviting participants to take leadership in addressing crime, justice, and other issues of social concern.
Moving beyond the walls that separate us...
“It’s so important that people can talk to and understand each other. What Inside-Out is doing is letting people see each other, and really talk. That’s the value of education. Bringing young people into prisons for classes means that they really meet each other. They hear each other’s stories and see each other as real people. That’s so important in creating justice in this world.”
- Sister Helen Prejean
Author of Dead Man Walking
2013 SUMMER INSIDE-OUT TRAININGS
May 19-25 in Michigan
June 10-16 in Oregon
July 15-21 in Ontario, Canada
August 12-18 in Philadelphia
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“It’s so important that people can talk to and understand each other. What Inside-Out is doing is letting people see each other, and really talk. That’s the value of education. Bringing young people into prisons for classes means that they really meet each other. They hear each other’s stories and see each other as real people. That’s so important in creating justice in this world.
- Sister Helen Prejean
Author of Dead Man Walking
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Inside-Out Mini Documentaries
From Oregon
From Michigan
Side column:
“If you don’t already know about the Inside-Out program, check it out and get involved! It’s so important that we end the separation between ‘us’ and ‘them’ – those labeled ‘prisoners,’ ‘criminals,’ ‘felons.’ It is this separation and demonization of the ‘others’ – and our failure to truly see, hear, and engage with those who have been locked up and locked out – that makes it easy for us to remain in deep denial about what we, as a nation, have done. Inside-Out challenges that denial in a powerful way.”
– Michelle Alexander
Author of The New Jim Crow:
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Suite 331, MB 66-10, 1810 Liacouras Walk
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-5163 | Fax: 215-204-3872
Email: insideout@temple.edu