Incarceration and Education
Incarceration and Education investigates how these systems interact historically and operationally, examining prisons as teaching institutions and presenting firsthand accounts from the carceral system.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Analyze the relationship between schooling and incarceration including issues related to discipline, gender, and disability
Articulate and evaluate your understanding of experiences of incarceration including the sources, assumptions, and implications behind your understanding
Synthesize the lived experiences of diverse individuals impacted by incarceration to understand the range of forms learning takes place inside carceral facilities;
Evaluate different policies and practices that operate at the intersections of education and incarceration.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2· UW Guide 3
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.97 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=29 letter grades).
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Topics
- Historical interaction between education and incarceration systems
- Prisons as teaching institutions and learning interventions
- Firsthand accounts from individuals working and living in the carceral system
- Discipline, gender, and disability issues in schooling and incarceration
Skills
- Analyze the relationship between schooling and incarceration regarding discipline, gender, and disability
- Articulate and evaluate understanding of incarceration experiences and their underlying assumptions
- Synthesize lived experiences to understand learning forms within carceral facilities
- Evaluate policies and practices at the intersection of education and incarceration
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