Katherine Perry holds a class meeting two days a week on GSU’s Decatur Perimeter campus for the Prison Education Project. This lab brings students and faculty together for two reasons: to educate the public on mass incarceration and improve the quality of education programs in our prisons.
This lab goes deeper than pure academics. It provides a safe space to discuss biased law enforcement practices and discuss ways to solve them. It is a quintessential example of a grass-roots movement: started by teachers, spearheaded by students, and bringing in the community to spark change.
Watch the Prison Education Project in action and hear from students in the video above.