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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.
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 provide space for the higher education in prison community to convene and collaborate, share resources and information, enhance programming, while also creating a forum for discussion, problem solving, and exchange of ideas.
We are challenging stereotypes and stigmas surrounding people who are currently and formerly incarcerated, including shifting away from polarizing and/or oppressive language. See our language guidelines for more information.
We are producing reports, resources, and toolkits and providing technical assistance to programs seeking to launch, expand, or enhance the quality of a program offering in-prison higher education.
We are generating reliable data and metrics that are vital to demonstrating the need, value and importance of quality higher education in prison programming.
We are working to frame the most significant issues in the field and to partner with funders to support the current sustainability of programs throughout the country, while simultaneously working toward the abolition of prisons.
Past projects of the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison:
