Once a week, Northwestern University professor Jennifer Lackey leaves the Lake Michigan views of her Evanston campus for the concrete walls of Stateville Correctional Center. There, she spends three hours discussing philosophy with twenty-one incarcerated students, all of whom are enrolled in Northwestern’s Prison Education program. Lackey, who directs the program, believes there are enormous benefits to be had from their education--not just for the prisoners, but for society as a whole, given the 43% decrease in recidivism rates among those who participate in these programs. Join Lackey for a conversation about using education to create a more equitable, rehabilitative, and effective criminal justice system.

This program is presented in partnership with the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities.

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