Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, a maximum-security prison, hosts undergraduate classes for incarcerated individuals through educational partnerships. The authors, postdoctoral fellows from Columbia University, recount their experiences teaching neuroscience at the prison, emphasizing the transformative potential of education. Organizations like Hudson Link aim to provide educational opportunities within the U.S. prison system, directly addressing the high rates of recidivism, which disproportionately impact marginalized communities. Their work seeks to break the cycle of mass incarceration by fostering learning and rehabilitation rather than punitive measures.
Hudson Link and other organizations across the country are trying to disrupt the cycle and impact of incarceration in communities by providing higher-education opportunities to incarcerated individuals.
Teaching in a prison comes with many challenges, but it has been one of the highlights of our professional careers.
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