Higher education in prison provides the support, community and human connection that all people need to thrive. This work is critical and urgently needed to address the intergenerational failure of the education system for people who are currently and formerly incarcerated, an injustice that disproportionately impacts communities of color.
Our ultimate vision for the future is one where the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison is no longer needed because the prison industrial complex and its originating structures cease to exist.
We are working collaboratively to advance the field of higher education in prison by supporting practitioners and students, producing reliable data and research, and communicating the need, importance, and value of quality higher education in prison.
We support the expansion of quality higher education in prison, empower students while in prison and after release, and shape public discussion about education and incarceration.
We envision a world in which all people, including those in prison, have access to quality higher education, creating a more just and equitable world.
We believe in the unequivocal value of every person and their right to be treated equitably, without labels or stigmas.
We believe that all people should have access to the opportunities afforded by higher education, including those incarcerated.
We believe in maintaining an unwavering commitment to our goals.
We believe in bringing together multiple groups to work and share resources for the purpose of rebuilding communities, one generation at a time, through higher education.
We believe in the critical importance of access to reliable information and the insurance of accountability from and to all our members.