Prison Education Project (GSUPEP)

The Georgia State University Prison Education Project (GSUPEP) works to bring higher education into prisons, to facilitate education for those who have been incarcerated, and to educate our on-campus students about issues of mass incarceration. Educational opportunities during incarceration has been shown to reduce recidivism, improve employment opportunities, and promote self-worth. GSUPEP offers support and opportunity to incarcerated students to promote lifelong learning that strengthens human character, increases understanding of life experiences and motivates students to engage in productive citizenship. 

Learning Outcomes

• Synthesize up-to-date research on mass incarceration, higher education in prison, and recidivism rates as it relates to GSUPEP’s mission and goals.
• Demonstrate competency in written communication to create policy, procedure, and analytical documents for internal and external communications.
• Employ and assess digital communication strategies on social media platforms (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) and the official GSUPEP website
• Prepare detail-oriented material on GSUPEP’s ongoing work for a public-facing audience on campus and in the community.
• Organize into teams and formulate short-term and long-term goals for team requirements.