Meet The Educator Bringing Liberal Arts To Illinois Prisoners

Meet The Educator Bringing Liberal Arts To Illinois Prisoners
Northwestern University professor Jennifer Lackey leading a philosophy class at the Stateville Correctional Center. Monika Wnuk / Northwestern University
Meet The Educator Bringing Liberal Arts To Illinois Prisoners
Northwestern University professor Jennifer Lackey leading a philosophy class at the Stateville Correctional Center. Monika Wnuk / Northwestern University

Meet The Educator Bringing Liberal Arts To Illinois Prisoners

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As part of the Northwestern Prison Education Program, inmates at the men’s maximum security prison at the Stateville Correctional Center 50 miles southwest of Chicago spend three hours a week learning philosophy.

Reset checks in with the professor behind the project about creating a more equitable, rehabilitative and effective criminal justice system in Illinois.

GUEST: Jennifer Lackey, director of the Northwestern Prison Education Program