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Julie Flaherty writes, “TUPIT students, including the first Tufts class to earn their bachelor’s degrees behind bars, celebrate the program that turned them on to civic responsibility.”

Jake Ren writes, “In this disorienting new world, it can be easy to get lost and return to bad influences. At MyTERN, students find community members who can guide them through the convoluted processes of obtaining crucial reentry resources, such as employment, housing, transportation, and childcare, making the right path an accessible option”

Jake Ren writes “On the evening of Feb. 29, the Rabb Room in Barnum Hall became a productive dialogue space consisting of Tufts undergraduates, Tufts Prison Initiative graduates, activists and government legislators, all gathered to discuss how to turn policies on paper into real change.” Click the link above to read the full daily article. 

Ivy Scott from the Boston Globe writes about the 10 students from our first cohort at MCI-Concord graduating with their Bachelor’s degrees in Civic Studies from Tufts University on Tuesday January 23rd, 2024. It was a incredible ceremony held in MCI-Concord’s gym and was attended by Tufts administration, faculty members, and most importantly, family and friends of the students. 

Rachelle G. Cohen from the Boston Globe writes about the positive impact of TUPIT, and prison education programs more generally, on incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. Cohen spoke with several of our students about how TUPIT has changed their lives for the better.

The TUPIT team and Tufts Archival Research Center partnered to create an archive of all submitted work from reSentencing volume 1. Read about and find out how to access it here.

Reporter Sam Russo goes in-depth discussing the Tufts University Prison Initiative with participants in the program.

A first-of-its-kind national journal of literature and art gives voice to hundreds of people affected by incarceration. Written by Julie Flaherty.

TUPIT celebrates first volume of ReSentencing, success of education program TUPIT’s reSentencing journal gallery opened on Tuesday February 7 in the lobby

Through the Tufts University Prison Initiative of Tisch College, the first cohort of incarcerated students earn associate degrees—the first group to do so in state history. Written by Amy Rosenberg with Tufts Now.