Prison Education Information

It is the platform for the prison education community. Prison Education News is our blog, where we publish the majority of our content. Learn more About Us. What is the purpose of PrisonEducation.com? We aim to provide a professionally developed platform for all in the prison education, inmate education, and correctional education communities. Several years ago we noticed a problematic void in online prison education advocacy and publication. PrisonEducation.com was founded with the aim of filling this void. We feel we have accomplished this and much, much more. Learn more Our Purpose. What type of content does PrisonEducation.com publish? We strive to publish content of interest to our diverse target markets. This often translates into profiles of various in-prison and correspondence prison education programs, profiles of those in the field who are making a difference, articles which focus on professional development for prison educators, essays from incarcerated students who share first-hand the value of education in prison classrooms, articles about legislative actions (and inactions), and a whole variety of other topics. We strive to be the prison education meeting place and a melting pot for the world's views on the subject. All opinions are valued, but the focus is stead: enhanced educational opportunities for the incarcerated is smart for society and the incarcerated student alike. It truly is a win-win for all involved. For more details, view our Submission Guidelines, or check out our latest News articles for the most recent content. Is PrisonEducation.com a supporter of correctional educators or incarcerated students? We are adamantly a supporter of both distinct groups. In the inmate education equation, there are two primary parties: staff educators and prisoner students. In fact, there is a third group too: inmate tutors. We support all three groups with equal fervor. When people or organizations focus or support only one of these three distinct groups, their mission will fail time and time again due to a failure to engage and support all of the correctional education stakeholders. We remedy this with our holistic approach. What is PrisonEducation.com's primary audience? We are proud to say that our readership is both dedicated and diverse. Our readers usually consist of prison educators, correctional administrators, family and friends of prisoners, prisoners, prisoners' rights organizations, and members of the news media. We are strong supporters of all of these groups and try to inform those who might not have the right idea about educating America's incarcerated class. Does PrisonEducation.com limit its coverage to prison education in the United States or provide coverage to prison education programs abroad? While most of our contributers are based in the United States, we strive to provide coverage to prison education programs, legislative actions, and news from other countries too. Usually this coverage is provided by third party content sources which have syndication agreements with PrisonEducation.com. This enables us to provide coverage to prison education news in countries other than the United States. How popular are PrisonEducation.com and Prison Education News? Exceedingly would be the most apt word! PrisonEducation.com receives thousands of monthly readers who, on average, read several pieces of content each visit. The unique visitor numbers continue to rise and surprise even those of us who have been here from the start and envisioned this project. We are delighted to further report that we've garnered several thousand Facebook Likes and Twitter Followers. Clearly, our work is well received by a growing and highly active audience. How does PrisonEducation.com support its broad array of operations and initiatives? PrisonEducation.com is the proud recepient of sustained funding from Middle Street Publishing, a South Carolina non-profit devoted to social justice. Middle Street Publishing (MSP) is the brainchild of philanthropists Suzan and Stephen Zoukis and supports the operations of PrisonEducation.com, PrisonerResource.com and ChristopherZoukis.com. MSP also supports a nationwide network of social justice advocates who strive to find ways to effect meaningful change in the world around them. Who writes for PrisonEducation.com? Christopher Zoukis is the primary contributing writer for prisoneducation.com. We also have a number of contributing writers through syndication agreements with third party content producers and writers who submit articles directly to us for publication consideration. In addition to our syndication agreements, we also have a staff of dedicated PrisonEducation.com writers. PrisonEducation.com is proud of our affiliation with these writers in particular because they've had contact with America's broken criminal justice system. As such, they understand that they are not merely producing content, but helping to reform a system which desperately needs to be fixed. To add to this, lead contributer Christopher Zoukis has both taught and been taught in prison classrooms. Does PrisonEducation.com accept unsolicited submissions or queries? We certainly do!