Ripping Off Some Room for People to "Breathe Together": Peer-to-Peer Education in Prison

An essay is presented which discusses a learning model for education in the penal system involving the Walls to Bridges Collective group of incarcerated and non-incarcerated people and the Grand Valley Institute for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. Topics include peer-to-peer education as a method for p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davis, Simone Weil (Author)
Contributors: Michaels, Bruce
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Social justice
Year: 2015, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 146-158
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Education of prisoners
Postsecondary education
Prison educators
Rehabilitation of criminals
Stochastic learning models
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Summary:An essay is presented which discusses a learning model for education in the penal system involving the Walls to Bridges Collective group of incarcerated and non-incarcerated people and the Grand Valley Institute for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. Topics include peer-to-peer education as a method for prisoner-run college program, the importance of reciprocal learning between outside allies and faculty and educators inside the prison system, and prison postsecondary programs in the U.S. and Canada.