三一监狱教育计划

The 人权 Program is home to 三一监狱教育计划 (TPEP), which offers credit-bearing college classes to incarcerated people at two locations in Connecticut: York Correctional Institution, 东莱姆的一所州立女子监狱, 和哈特福德矫正中心, 城市监狱. Trinity also offers students on its 哈特福德 campus many opportunities to learn about mass incarceration and related issues (see “为 Students,”下面).

Lunchtime Discussion:  Trinity Classes Behind Bars: Teaching and Learning in Jails and Prisons:  为 more than a decade, Trinity has offered college classes to incarcerated students. 在监狱和监狱里教授文科的价值是什么? 在这样的环境中教与学是什么感觉?  The interactive event was organized by Trinity’s Academy for Lifelong Learning.  在这里观看事件的记录.

TPEP上新闻了:阅读 最近的一篇文章 关于我们在哈特福德市监狱的新计划.

TPEP

三一监狱教育计划 exists to reduce educational inequities, 支持在押人员, 并帮助他们在发行后获得成功. 为 我们的一位校友，玛莉索·加西亚, our classes at York CI provided “the knowledge I needed to return to my community and the ambition to eventually work with lawmakers on sentencing policy, 量刑改革, 以及减少再犯率的监狱替代方案.”Creating educational pathways for incarcerated people is an important social justice issue. 美国实行监禁 a greater share of its population than any other country in the world, 主要是穷人和有色人种. Many incarcerated adults have not had access to high-quality education, and 大约30%的人没有高中文凭或普通教育文凭. TPEP offers college classes behind bars to help redress these educational inequities. 我们相信文科教育本身是有价值的, and we know it can help people rebuild their lives after incarceration. 兰德公司的一项研究表明 prisoners enrolled in higher education programs are 43% less likely to be reincarcerated而《全球最大的网投平台》也注意到了这一点 cutting the re-incarceration rate in half would save the United States $2.每年70亿美元. As Marisol Garcia说, “大规模监禁剥夺了我的人性, 我的教育帮助我出狱后找到了一份工作.”

2012年由信誉最好的网投十大平台教授朱迪·德沃林创立, 约瑟夫•李, 和希拉·费雪, TPEP (formerly Trinity Prison Seminar Series) is one of the longest running college-in-prison programs in the state. We partner with Quinnipiac University to offer seminars year-round at York CI, 这个州的监狱关押妇女和出生时就被指定为女性的人. Our courses are typically interdisciplinary and allow students to experience the breadth of the liberal arts. In the spring of 2024, Trinity faculty are teaching a seminar on “Law, Gender, Empire.最近的其他主题包括“后殖民女性写作”,”“城市, 公民身份, 和文明,和“全球理解”.”

在2023年秋天, TPEP also started offering college classes at 哈特福德 Correctional Center, 城市监狱. 监狱里的大学项目越来越多，但是 监狱里的人被抛在了后面. Unlike people in prison, most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. They may spend months and even years while their criminal cases unfold, 但他们很少有机会有效地利用时间. TPEP是第一个在哈特福德监狱开设大学课程的组织. We are also one of the few college-in-jail programs nationally, and we take inspiration from 西部块状岩心.

我们在监狱的第一学期教学非常成功. TPEP enrolled 20 unique students across two classes: “Friends and Enemies” and “Postcolonial Fiction,超过75%的学生获得了大学学分. As one student told us: “I am glad I was chosen out of many to be a part of the program and to be a Trinity student. 我得到了一个千载难逢的机会.” In the spring of 2024, we are offering two writing-intensive courses at HCC.

Trinity faculty interested in teaching with TPEP should reach out to Co-Directors Joe Lea and 安娜Terwiel. 我们欢迎对现有课程和新课程提出建议, 教师可以选择单独或团队授课. TPEP offers a teaching stipend, and TPEP courses count as an overload. 教师 in the program will receive training from TPEP and will be required to go through an orientation by the Department of Correction and pass a background check.

联系信息:
约瑟夫·“乔”·李， TPEP联合主任和人权客座讲师
安娜Terwiel，清华大学政治与发展学院联合主任、政治学助理教授

为学生

Trinity offers students many opportunities to learn about mass incarceration. 学生可以获得 制度与社会变革证书 by taking two academic courses and engaging in one co-curricular experience that takes students outside of the classroom.

The 人权 Studies Program offers two classes that count toward the Certificate. “人权 Through Performance” (HRST 373) and “New Beginnings: Justice Alternatives and the Arts” (HRST 348) both look at the issues that surround incarceration and the impact that the arts can have on populations affected by it.

Both classes are co-curricular experiences because they include a significant field study component. HRST 373 includes as many as 3 visits at York Correctional Institution or other correctional facilities. Students explore and experience directly the impact of arts engagements with those residing there. 在HRST 348, students have another unique hands-on experience: they help facilitate a weekly arts workshop with people who are reentering the community from prison. 为 this class, Trinity collaborates with Community Partners in Action’s Resettlement Program. Students’ 10-week experience culminates in a small sharing of the arts work generated by the returning citizens and the students. The sharing is open to the Trinity Community, the Resettlement Program, and invited guests.

Many students continue participating in New Beginnings throughout their college careers and it has been a formative experience for their future studies and career choices. Each of these courses offers a rich and varied opportunity for students to investigate critical issues related to the prison system. 这两门课程相辅相成, HRST 373 focusing more specifically on the in-prison experience and HRST 348 on the collateral effects of incarceration on youth, 家庭, 还有那些从监狱重新进入社区的人.

为 more information about the 制度与社会变革证书, 请联系教授 本Carbonetti他是人权项目主任和证书协调员.