Channel 3000, May 18 2021
Odyssey Beyond Bars
Education Behind and Beyond Bars
Inside Higher Ed, May 18 2021
Madison Writing Assistance Celebration of Writing 2021: Sharing Stories, Writing for Change
With the Story Exchange, we wanted to create a virtual space where folks could share short stories about their relationship with writing, in the hope that these stories would inspire others to recognize their labor …
UW’s Tommy Thompson: Turn Wisconsin Prison Into College For Inmates
Wisconsin Public Radio, December 7 2020
Wisconsin is making progress to help more inmates get college educations – ‘which can completely redefine a life’
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 24 2020
UW’s Tommy Thompson: Turn Wisconsin Prison into College for Inmates
“My ultimate goal — but that’s in a year or two or three years — is to have one prison turn into an educational institution,” Thompson said. “And instead of having a swinging door coming in and going …
Odyssey Beyond Bars provides opportunities for personal transformation and empowerment through prison education
Madison 365, October 29, 2020
Odyssey Beyond Bars goes online
Last fall we were so excited to offer the first credit-bearing course in a Wisconsin prison in over 100 years. (This Isthmus article from February 2020 describes the fall program and its moving December graduation ceremony at Oakhill …
Writing a new future
Isthmus, February 20 2020