Inside-Out in the Media

Inside-Out classes regularly receive attention in print, radio, and television, with more than 600+ news pieces appearing across North America, Europe, and Australia featuring the Inside-Out model.

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June 4, 2024

Felix Rosado joins the Chestnut Hill College community as an inspiring and unconventional adjunct professor. Just two years ago he was serving a sentence of death by incarceration (more commonly known as life without parole), from which he was freed via governor clemency after 27 years. Rosado said that while incarcerated, he rediscovered his Catholic faith, was introduced to the concept of restorative justice, and sought to make amends for his crime by educating and serving others. Click here for more.

June 2, 2024

Throughout the semester, the group of students focused on three topics in criminal justice: accountability—understanding the impact of one’s actions and the steps to follow to heal and move forward; desistance—what is needed to break from the cycle of criminality and achieve a stable environment; and prisons and punishment—reflecting on prison statistics, realities, and biases in the United States. Click here for more.

April 22, 2024

All six members of the Pitzer College community who gathered to speak at Benson Auditorium agreed on one thing: The best classes they’ve taken weren’t at any of the Claremont Colleges, but in prison. Click here for more.

March 13, 2024

One day a week, eight University of Cincinnati students travel to the institution as part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. Incorporated by CECH criminal justice professor J.Z. (Juwan) Bennett, the class provides a space for eight outside students and eight inside students to discuss criminal justice topics such as sentencing, parole, life after prison, and recidivism in a classroom setting. Click here for more.

February 2024

In February of 2024, Inside-Out Instructors Dr. Fairleigh Gilmour, Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Gender Studies at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand, and Dr. Ashley M. Appleby, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Endicott College, located in Massachusetts in the United States, visited Durham University's Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program... Click here for more.

September 29, 2023

Led by Associate Professor Haley Zettler, the University of North Texas' Inside-Out class provides a distinctive learning opportunity where students work together to learn about the criminal justice system – and each other. Click here for more.

(1/11/2023) University of Illinois Chicago
“UIC Law Students Seek to End Mass Incarceration Through Education with Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program”

(9/27/2022) Lewis & Clark
“From the Inside-Out: 5 Questions for Molly Robinson”

(5/5/2022) Arizona PBS
“Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program”

(4/27/2022) Pitzer College
“Pitzer Senior Kenneth Butler ’22 Earns Fulbright Fellowship to Uganda after Serving 15 Years in Prison”

(3/31/2022) University of West Florida
“UWF bringing students to prison to study social justice issues”

(3/11/2022) Arizona State University (ASU News)
“Students inside, outside correctional units attend same 'Inside-Out' class”

(2/2/2022) University of Redlands (News Wise)
“Crossing the New Jim Crow Color Line: Confronting Race in Community Service Learning Behind Bars”

(1/2022) The Inside-Out Center YouTube
“A Celebration of Voices: Inspiring Stories From the Inside-Out”

(9/21/2021) University of North Texas
“UNT to begin offering educational opportunities in correctional facilities as part of international program”

(7/5/2021) Vancouver Island University
“Catching up with this year’s recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal”

(5/13/2021) Pitzer College
“Pitzer College Celebrates its First Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA Graduating Seniors”

(4/2021) University of Pittsburgh (Pitt Magazine)
“Inside-Out”

(1/2021) Duquesne University (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
“Columnist Razvan Sibii: When officers, incarcerated study together”

(6/27/2019) Yale Law School Today (New Haven)
“Studying Criminal Justice from the Inside Out”

(5/2/2019) Inside Time (U.K.)
“Breaking Down Walls”

(3/21/2019) VIU News (British Columbia)
“Program that Brings Inmates and University Students Together Expanding”

(3/31/2017) Next City (U.S.)
"After 36 Years in Prison, This Philadelphian Has a Model for Criminal Justice Reform"

(Fall 2016) Lumina Foundation (Philadelphia)
“Innovative Program Turns Prisoners Into Classroom Peers”

(1/30/2016) BBC News (U.K.)
“Durham University's Inside-Out scheme sees students study with prisoners”

(1/24/2016) Independent (U.K.)
“Prisoners study alongside Durham University undergraduates in unique criminology course”

(9/14/2015) NPR – All Things Considered (U.S.)
“Inside-Out: Where Campus Life Meets Prison Life”

(1/29/2015) VICE MEDIA LLC
“The Exchange Program That Puts College Kids in Classrooms with Prisoners”

(Spring 2014) Temple Now (Philadelphia)
“Education from the Inside Out”

(3/4/2014) Radio Times (NPR – Philadelphia)
“The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program”

(3/3/2014) Newsworks (NPR – Philadelphia)
“Temple class inside prison lets undergrads and inmates learn from each other”

Click here for more articles published from 2021 to 2023.

Articles have also appeared in the following publications, among many others:

• Life Matters: Australia Broadcasting Corp.
• The Toronto Star (Canada)
• The Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
• The Journal (U.K.)
• Arizona Correctional Educators (Arizona)
• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)
• Rome News-Tribune (Georgia)
• The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)
• WISH TV (Indiana)
• Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas)
• Associated Press, The Kansan (Kansas)
• KY Forward (Kentucky)
• The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)
• The Providence Journal (Massachusetts)
• The Detroit Free Press (Michigan)
• The Michigan Journal (Michigan)
• St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota)
• Owatonna People’s Press (Minnesota)
• The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
• Corrections Today (NY)
• Cincinnati Magazine (Ohio)
• The Athens News (Ohio)
• The Eugene Register Guard (Oregon)
• Bend Weekly (Oregon)
• The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia)
• Scranton Times Tribune (PA)
• The Tennessean (Tennessee)
• Tennessee Bar Association Today (Tennessee)
• HBCU Digest (Virginia)
• CEA-W Newsletter (Wisconsin)

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