The Hustler Files Ep 178 - Mneesha Gellman – Unlocking The Person Inside The Prisoner
What changes when someone in prison is given the chance to become a college student? Dr. Mneesha Gellman, Founder and Director of the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI), in Boston, Massachusetts, believed a rigorous college degree program could help create that change. It didn’t take much with her background in education in prison, human rights, immigration, and the politics of violence to convince her that college behind bars was a necessity. In 2017 she launched EPI, sharing that she was also inspired by the Bard College Prison Initiative which was launched in 2001. Currently MCI - Norfolk is…
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