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New York University’s college-in-prison program at Wallkill Correctional Facility and Bridge Program on Washington Square.
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Next week at the NYU Prison Education Program, we’ll be hosting ‘Bridging the Digital Divide: Technology for Incarcerated Learners’, a panel discussion on technology access inside New York state prisons. Join us on Friday, April 24th from 2-3:30pm at 285 Mercer Street, 8th Floor. NYU and Non-NYU guests are welcome, and all guests should RSVP through the link in our bio or visit bit.ly/NYUPEPTechPanel.
16 Apr 2026
Join us on Tuesday, December 9th, from 4-6 PM for the film screening of Going to Mars in celebrating the life of Nikki Giovanni on the one year anniversary of her passing. We invite attendees to bring poems or reflections on Nikki’s legacy to share out. The event will be at 285 Mercer St on the 8th Floor and ask that you RSVP through the QR code or link in bio. 🎞️ 🎥
26 Nov 2025
For the month of November, come join us on Saturdays and Sundays for an afternoon of art and conversation about art created beyond and inside carceral institutions. Contact José Diaz for more information at the email listed above. 🎨
@escapingtimenyc @jdiazmemory
#art #escapingtime
11 Nov 2025
Gather with us at 285 Mercer St 10th Floor for a brief session on the criminalization of survival and then a Phone Zap to call on NJ Governor Phil Murphy (& other electeds) to commute Ivié De Molina and all incarcerated survivors. Link to phone and email scripts are in our bio. Please bring a phone or laptop and wear a mask- we also have some in the meeting space.
You can message us for a Google Voice phone number if you’d prefer not to use your personal phone number. A Zoom option is also available for those who’d like to join virtually. The room will open at 1:50 PM. Feel free to share with friends and comrades to help flood phone lines. 📣🧡
14 Oct 2025
Join us at our upcoming event, Restless Poetics, for an evening of student readings in celebration of the launch of PEP’s digital journal of student writing, Restless, along with the Summer 2025 Creative Writing Workshops! 📝✨
The event will take place on October 29 at the Kimball Hall Lounge from 4-6 PM. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there to connect as a community and celebrate alongside these students and alumni! RSVP in bio.
Here is the run of show for the event:
4-4:30: Mingle & Drinks
4:30-5:30: Recorded Introduction by Summer 2025 Workshop Instructor Hala Alyan + Live Student Readings
5:30-6: Music & Food
Looking forward to seeing everyone there! 📖
09 Oct 2025
We’re back in conversation about the Voices in Urban Education (VUE) issue, Abolitionist Praxis and Education Across Prison Walls, in partnership with NYU PEP and NYU Metro Center!
In this issue, we grapple with the tensions of college-in-prison programs in regards to abolition through a range of perspectives from students, teachers, organizers and scholars. Furthermore, we uplift stories that reflect on the cruciality of education as a human right. We hope this edition provides a space for readers to read, reflect and think deeply together alongside abolitionist educators, college-in-prison professors and staff, students, and scholar-activists.
This special edition of VUE can be found linked in our bio. Thank you to artist Samuel Goodman (@sgoodman27) for his contribution of this art piece, which is inspired by an 2024 Associated Press photo by Michael Probst, in the publication alongside all the other amazing artists and authors. A huge thank you to the VUE team at NYU Metro Center for the opportunity to partner in this special edition! ✨
10 Sep 2025
We’re very excited to announce the launching of Voices in Urban Education’s (VUE) special edition with the NYU Metro Center (@metronyu) and NYU Prison Education Program! This issue is called Abolitionist Praxis and Education Across Prison Walls which explores collective discussions and reflections around the possibilities and contradictions of prison education in regards to abolition. Thank you to the VUE team for all of your efforts, support and dedication to the publication of this collaborative edition! We also want to thank all of the participating authors and artists who kindly contributed to this issue and made this publication possible with their meaningful contributions, critical thinking and commitment to this work.
We invite you to read this special edition of VUE which is linked in our bio. Thank you to artist Adanjeandel Sostre for his contribution of this art piece in the publication alongside the other wonderful contributors! 💜
03 Sep 2025
We’re finishing out our student spotlight with some of Gerald’s favorite memories and recommendations! We want to thank Gerald for participating in this student spotlight series as well as thanking him and our entire student community for making PEP what it is and their dedication and commitment in the program. We appreciate all of you so much!
🌟 Do you have a favorite memory that stands out to you in reflecting about the program that you’d like to share?
G: My favorite memory was walking, going up to Yankee Stadium and obtaining my AA which 20 years ago, I would have never thought I’d be walking down, actually graduating at Yankee Stadium. All right, because I’m from the Bronx. I actually worked there when I was an adolescent, right? And I would never have thought that I would have the chance to actually get a degree from NYU. Very moving, you know? It was like I was walking on air like I didn’t believe it. You know, it was a spring day. It was raining outside. It was just an unbelievable moment in my life.
🌟 Is there a piece of media or a book that you’d recommend to others? What strikes you as particularly impactful about it?
G: Ta-Nehisi Coates. He wrote the book called Between the World and Me. To his son, right? And the book just reminds me of my childhood. And I’m sure for many others. In general, it’s just a great read. It brings you back and lets you know that no matter what circumstances you were in, you can always improve your life.
Thank you so much Gerald and for tuning into this spotlight series this week!
02 May 2025
Welcome back to our student spotlight series with Gerald!
⭐️ What’s something you’re learning about or a project you are working on whether in or outside of class during your time at NYU that you’d like to highlight?
G: I have a class now called Social Agencies and Organizations. It’s teaching me the ins and outs of starting businesses and mission statements. I have an 8-page midterm that I have to do where I’m starting an agency on my own. Very interesting to me, because that’s one of my goals. What’s interesting to me in this class is how tedious it is to start an agency, right? Like you can’t just up and start one. There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes that I wasn’t aware of.
⭐️ How do you envision using your education in your future or how do you imagine life after NYU? Or, what’s something you’re excited about while continuing your program?
G: My plan is to relocate. I’ve been in the borough my whole life. Not too far, because I would like to open up my business in the Bronx. You know, I see myself helping adolescents. As far as giving them like after school programs to help- services, right? And just someone to talk to, you know? After school program that are basically arts, sports, social workers. That we have mentorship, right? Go to Yankee stadium to a baseball game. Just things like that, things that they don’t have to do because of financial restraints.
Stay tuned for the last post of the series tomorrow! 💫
01 May 2025
During this week for Second Chance Month, we will be highlighting NYU experiences through one of our current students’ insight and perspectives. While we push back on the second chance narrative which inherently assumes people are given a fair, equitable chance to begin with, we still wanted to take the time to introduce some of our amazing students in the program. #EducationisforEveryone
Meet Gerald Smalls, a NYU PEP student and a junior at the Silver School of Social Work. Gerald obtained his AA in 2024 at the NYU School of Professional Studies and decided to go into the social work field to give back to the community. He plans to open his own business in the future to give back to marginalized communities and uplift adolescents in the Bronx through afterschool programming and mentorship.
Follow along this week to hear more about Gerald’s NYU experiences and insight! ✨
30 Apr 2025
📖 Come join us on Thursday, March 20th at 5:00 PM for a book talk and panel with co-authors Zhandarka Kurti and Jarrod Shanahan on their recently published book, “The Skyscraper Jails: The Abolitionist Fight Against Jail Expansion in New York City”. The book details a critical account of the utilization of social movement rhetoric from influential drivers such as nonprofits and city activists for the continual expansion of jails.
Zhandarka Kurti is a former postdoctoral fellow of NYU’s Prison Education Program. She is the co-author of “States of Incarceration” (Field Notes/Reaktion, 2022) and an editor of “Treason to Whiteness Is Loyalty to Humanity”, a Noel Ignatiev reader (Verso, 2022). She currently works as an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at Loyola University Chicago.
Jarrod Shanahan is the author of “Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage” (Verso, 2022); coauthor of “States of Incarceration” (Field Notes/Reaktion, 2022) and “City Time” (NYU Press, 2025); a founding editor of “Hard Crackers: Chronicles of Everyday Life”; and an editor of “Treason to Whiteness Is Loyalty to Humanity”, a Noel Ignatiev reader (Verso, 2022). He works as an assistant professor of criminal justice at Governors State University.
The event will be held at 20 Cooper Square on the fourth floor SCA Flex Space. We hope to see you there and engage in critical dialogue together. This event is in partnership with the NYU Prison Education Program, NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis (@sca_nyu), and NYU Institute of Human Development and Social Change. RSVP In bio!
11 Mar 2025
🎓Last week, the NYU Prison Education Program (PEP) celebrated our largest cohort of AA graduates at Wallkill Correctional Facility.🎓🎊
✨18 students graduated with their Associates of Arts in Liberal Studies degree, offered by PEP through NYU Arts & Science. While the majority of our graduates are still currently incarcerated, 5 have returned home—one of whom is already continuing toward his BA on Washington Square in the Silver School of Social Work through our Bridge Program, which supports students through their release and continuing education goals.
🎉Congratulations to all of our NYU-PEP graduates on this milestone achievement! 🎉
Photos by Sam Hollensead and Mychal Pagan (NYU ‘24)
12 Nov 2024
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