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Audio/MP3; File size: 14.2 MB; File duration: 15:35

Published In

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

3-14-2022

Subjects

Service learning, Recidivism -- United States, Motivation in education, Self-actualization, Social justice, Prison educators, Prisoners -- Education -- United States

Abstract

The educational opportunities for men who are incarcerated in Oregon’s prison system have been very limited. But for those incarcerated at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, there were no college classes offered until 2019. That’s when Portland State University associate professor Deb Arthur worked with the Department of Corrections to bring classes to the state’s only women’s prison. The Higher Education in Prison program began with a one-year, 15-credit, interdisciplinary course designed to meet PSU’s first year general education requirements. The hope is that once these students are released, they will continue taking classes and get a degree. The higher ed program has been growing with additional funding. We learn more from Arthur and from Lanelle Rowe, who took PSU college classes and is now in the process of creating a new life after her release last year.

Rights

Permission to archive the MP3/transcript received from OPB; original broadcast:
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/14/psu-brings-college-classes-to-oregons-womens-prison/

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39695

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