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Jesuit Prison Education Network, PJI Discuss Humanity Through Education

Jesuit Prison Education Network, PJI Discuss Humanity Through Education

By Aamir Jamil January 19, 2024

Two experts on prison education discussed the injustices of incarceration in the United States and the importance of education at a Jan. 16 presentation.  Fr. Thomas Curran, S.J., the founder...

Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative | Kenneth Bond, who spent 27 years incarcerated, is freed but not exonerated from prison after members of the Georgetown community helped to advocate for his release.

Kenneth Bond Released After Wrongful Conviction of 27 Years

By Georgia Russello March 3, 2023

Kenneth Bond was released from prison with the help of the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) after being incarcerated for over 27 years. Bond was 16 years old when he was sentenced to...

Georgetown University | Career coaches from the McCourt School of Public Policy worked with previously incarcerated D.C. citizens in a 20-week program, helping them to prepare for employment.

Formerly Incarcerated Prepare for Employment with McCourt School Career Advisors

By Catherine McGuire February 3, 2023

Previously incarcerated citizens in the Washington, D.C. area from Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI) participated in an employment preparation program with career coaches...

Georgetown Hires Adnan Syed for Prison Reform Initiative

Georgetown Hires Adnan Syed for Prison Reform Initiative

By Michelle Vassilev and Nina Raj January 12, 2023

Adnan Syed, who was recently exonerated after spending 23 years in prison for a wrongful murder conviction, will join Georgetown University’s Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI), an organization that...

Pivot Program Welcomes Its Fifth Cohort

Pivot Program Welcomes Its Fifth Cohort

By Emily Han October 28, 2022

Georgetown University welcomed its fifth cohort of Pivot Program fellows, 19 formerly incarcerated individuals who will participate in the year-long reentry program.  The Pivot Program is designed...

Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Graduate From Georgetown Paralegal Program

Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Graduate From Georgetown Paralegal Program

By Samantha Sinutko February 17, 2022

The second class of formerly incarcerated individuals graduated with a certificate in paralegal studies Feb. 4 through a program at the Georgetown Prisons and Justice Initiative (PJI).  The Mayor’s...

Prisons and Justice Initiative Student Becomes First Incarcerated Individual Elected in D.C.

Prisons and Justice Initiative Student Becomes First Incarcerated Individual Elected in D.C.

By Paige Kupas July 11, 2021

Joel Castón won election to Washington, D.C. local government, making him the first incarcerated elected official in the District.  Castón, a student of the Georgetown University Prisons and...

Prisons and Justice Initiative Launches Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Program

Prisons and Justice Initiative Launches Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Program

By Annie Kane April 15, 2021

Georgetown University launched a new program that will allow eligible incarcerated persons in the Maryland state prison system to earn a bachelor’s degree. The program, led by the university’s...

GU Students Seek Exoneration for Five Wrongful Convictions

GU Students Seek Exoneration for Five Wrongful Convictions

By Alicia Novoa March 18, 2021

Georgetown University undergraduate students have launched extensive advocacy campaigns to raise awareness for five wrongfully incarcerated individuals and fight for their exoneration. Students in...

KIM KARDASHIAN/TWITTER | The Georgetown Prison Scholars Program at the Washington, D.C. Jail, was launched by professor Marc Howard’s Prisons and Justice Initiative in January 2018. The program provides both credit and noncredit courses for incarcerated scholars.

Kardashian Doc Spotlights Prisons and Justice Initiative

By Paula Hong and Amy Li September 13, 2019

The Prisons and Justice Initiative will be featured in Kim Kardashian West’s upcoming Oxygen documentary following her work on prison reform and in a separate television documentary on an unannounced...

ERIC RIDDICK/FACEBOOK | Georgetown students created a petition to publicize the case of Eric Riddick, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1992.

Students Petition for Exoneration of Inmate Sentenced to Life in Prison

By Cady Stanton April 5, 2019

A petition for the exoneration of Eric Riddick, a Pennsylvania inmate who was sentenced to life in prison in 1992 for first degree murder, has received over 2,780 signatures since three Georgetown University...

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Students are able to take part in the interactive exhibit and experience a simulated version of solitary confinement through virtual reality goggles in the ICC.

Solitary Confinement Simulation Explores Incarceration Issues

By Katrina Schmidt January 26, 2018

A two-weeklong exhibit simulating the experience of solitary confinement is on display in the Intercultural Center as part of the Georgetown University Prisons and Justice Initiative’s most recent efforts...

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