Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP)

Awards and Honors, Faculty May 23, 2023

Jennifer Lackey receives Horace Mann Medal from Brown Graduate School

Professor Jennifer Lackey has been awarded the 2023 Horace Mann Medal from Brown Graduate School, according to their recent announcement. Lackey is the Wayne and Elizabeth Jones Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern.

The Horace Mann Medal is given annually …

Faculty January 5, 2022

‘This is freedom to me:’ Northwestern Prison Education Program launches at Logan Correctional Center

In three short years, the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) has grown from a pilot serving men in a single maximum-security prison into a vast network of faculty and tutors providing an education like none other in the state to …