Wisconsin Public Radio, December 7 2020
Odyssey Beyond Bars
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