RSVP for EJP’s reentry simulation on Saturday, Oct 10, from 10-12 p.m. CST! Event link here.
RSVP for EJP’s reentry simulation on Saturday, Oct 10, from 10-12 p.m. CST! Event link here.
Demonstrating the positive impacts of higher education in prison
EJP is a vibrant community of incarcerated students, educators, formerly incarcerated individuals, and others who are committed to a more just and humane world. We believe that providing quality post-secondary education within prisons is an important step towards that vision.
Through our Reentry Guide Initiative, EJP members produce reentry guides, distribute them throughout Illinois, and offer technical assistance to groups wishing to produce similar resources.
EJP, a unit of the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is a comprehensive college-in-prison program. Since 2008, our members have participated in for-credit courses and extracurricular programming at Danville Correctional Center, a men’s medium-security state prison.
EJP also publishes reentry guides, engages in policy, and hosts community events. We provide academic scholarships to individuals impacted by incarceration and support the Friends of EJP’s emergency grant program for individuals reentering after incarceration.
EJP is a founding member of the Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison and a member of the Big 10 Coalition for Higher Education in Prison. In recent years, we have been exploring what it means to pursue our work from an abolitionist orientation.
We invite you to join us.
