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Why Race Matters for Higher Education in Prison
Abstract
There has been bi-partisan momentum to provide higher education opportunities for students who are impacted by the criminal legal system, but similar to the context of the contemporary crisis of higher education, the problem of racial inequity persists. The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, a national multi-stakeholder network supporting quality higher education in prison, stated in their most recent report, “programs are ill-equipped to support faculty and staff in reflecting on how race, class, gender, ability, sexuality, and other identity or status markers might impact their interest in, or approach to, teaching in prison, as well as their experiences while doing so (Erzen et al., 2019).” In this spirit, this essay will address issues of racial inequity and injustice within higher education in prison programs—examining issues of faculty diversity, pedagogy, and barriers students impacted by the criminal legal system face in continuing their higher education upon release. In addressing these barriers, there is an opportunity to overcome racial inequity at a massive scale and set an example, both for higher education communities and society as a whole.
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“Having those with shared identities in teaching and leadership roles is also critical to educational equity and access (Taylor et al., 2021).”
From Striving to Thrive: Black and Indigenous Women Reflect on Higher Education in Oregon’s Only Women’s Prison (2022) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2021
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“Not surprisingly, due to the systemic racism that continues to permeate every facet of the prison industrial complex, Black, and Indigenous people are overrepresented at Coffee Creek, as in prisons across the nation (Taylor et al., 2021).”
From Striving to Thrive: Black and Indigenous Women Reflect on Higher Education in Oregon’s Only Women’s Prison (2022) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2021
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“Further, offering high quality, culturally relevant pedagogy, in which Black and Indigenous students seem themselves reflected, is also essential (Taylor et al., 2021).”
From Striving to Thrive: Black and Indigenous Women Reflect on Higher Education in Oregon’s Only Women’s Prison (2022) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2021
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“Not surprisingly, due to the systemic racism that continues to permeate every facet of the prison industrial complex, Black, and Indigenous people are overrepresented at Coffee Creek, as in prisons across the nation (Taylor et al., 2021).”
From Striving to Thrive: Black and Indigenous Women Reflect on Higher Education in Oregon’s Only Women’s Prison (2022) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2021
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“One glaring area for growth: we absolutely need to diversify our leadership and our faculty, to better reflect the diversity of the population at CCCF (Taylor et al., 2021).”
From Striving to Thrive: Black and Indigenous Women Reflect on Higher Education in Oregon’s Only Women’s Prison (2022) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2021
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- Authors
- Taylor, S., Holder, J., Muhammad, B., Jones, T., & Haynes, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Howard University (US)
- Gates Foundation (US)
- Corresponding author
- Haynes, Lawrence
- ORCID
- Holder, Jay
- Venue
- Peabody Journal of Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-10-20
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 588-597
- ISSN
- 0161-956X (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7930
- OpenAlex
- W3213669569
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 2.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Peabody Journal of Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Keywords
- higher education in prisons, racial inequity, criminal justice system, faculty diversity, pedagogy, incarcerated students, prison education
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