UCLA Prison Education Program: Fall 2021 Orientation

120 Westwood Plaza,Los Angeles CA 90095

24 September, 2021

Description

To prepare UCLA student and faculty for instruction in correctional facilities. Launched in 2016, the UCLA Prison Education Program creates innovative courses that enable faculty and students at the University of California, Los Angeles to learn from, and alongside, participants incarcerated at Victorville Federal Correctional Instituion (VFCI),  Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall (BJN),  Camp Joseph Scott (CJS) correctional facility for girls, and the  Custody to Community Transitional Reentry Program (CCTRP) correctional facility for women. The goal of this convening is to discuss approaches to teaching and learning that have been proven effective at engaging incarcerated students, and to prepare faculty and students for instruction in local correctional facilities. Incarcerated students in California Institute for Women (CIW) and Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall (BJN) Think Tanks have helped develop five pillars we will address: Protocol, Assumptions, Privilege, Academic Integrity, and Trauma.