Inside-Out Timeline
| 1995 | Inside-Out idea was born on a visit to the state prison in Dallas, PA |
| 1997 | First Inside-Out class in the Philadelphia jails (Fall semester) |
| 2000 – 2001 | Two other Temple professors began Inside-Out classes (GUS, Psych./W.S.) |
| 2002 | Inside-Out expanded to the state prison in Graterford, PA |
| 2002 | Weekly meetings of Graterford Think Tank began (group still meets weekly) |
| 2002 – 2003 | Soros Justice Senior Fellowship granted to replicate program |
| 2003 – 2004 | Necessary elements for National Replication of Inside-Out developed in collaboration with people on both sides of prison walls |
| 2004 | First Inside-Out Instructor Training Institute held in July with 20 participants |
| 2004 – 2009 | Fifteen Inside-Out Instructor Training Institutes held, with 202 participants from 35 states and abroad (Graterford Think Tank members co-facilitate parts of the training) |
| 2007 | National Steering Committee and National Research Committee created |
| 2008 and on | Steering and Research Committees each meet annually in Philadelphia |
| 2008 | Inside-Out Regional Centers developed throughout the country |
| 2008 | First Inside-Out regional conference held in Indiana |
| 2009 | Mini-documentary on Inside-Out developed by University of Oregon |
| 2009 | Day-long conference at Graterford Prison conducted during the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology |
| 2009 | Visit to the Graterford Think Tank by several high-ranking officials of the French Ministry of Justice to discuss the Inside-Out program |
| 2009 – 2010 | New initiatives under development: ‘Degrees of Freedom’ (new program concept to support continuing higher education for incarcerated Inside-Out students) and a national alumni group, to continue social change work begun in the Inside-Out classes |
THE INSIDE-OUT CENTER
