Returning Citizens Graduate from Georgetown Paralegal Program
January 31st, 2023
In black caps and gowns, 16 returning citizens walked across the graduation stage at Georgetown University, celebrating their academic success in and the start of a new chapter …
Making an Exoneree Launches Sixth Cohort
January 31st, 2023
Class is in session for Making an Exoneree, Georgetown University’s unprecedented course in which a group of dedicated undergraduate students reinvestigate likely wrongful conviction cases. …
Building Financial Literacy for Incarcerated Students
January 23rd, 2023
Professor Mike Ryan, who has taught Personal Finance at the D.C. Jail, said that the Prison Scholars Program has made him a better teacher and learner, emphasizing that educators should continue to get involved in prison education.…
Returning to Jail as a Free Man
January 19th, 2023
Colie “Shaka” Long describes his experience returning to the D.C. Jail for the first time as a free man and speaking at the Prison Scholars Program End of Semester Celebration.…
Prison Scholar Dorain Grogan: Finding a New Path Forward Through Education
January 9th, 2023
Dorain, a student in Georgetown’s degree program in a Maryland prison, says being in a college classroom has been “life-changing.”…
Georgetown Hires Adnan Syed To Support Prisons and Justice Initiative
December 21st, 2022
Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast “Serial,” has joined the university’s Prisons and Justice Initiative to support and advocate for others in the criminal legal system. …
Washington Business Journal Features Returning Citizens, PJI Alumni
December 16th, 2022
The Washington Business Journal profiled three alumni of the Pivot Program and the MORCA-Georgetown Paralegal Program.…
In a First, Georgetown Bachelor’s Program in Prison Welcomes Mixed-Gender Class
December 12th, 2022
Women incarcerated in Maryland now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown in a one-of-a-kind program.…
Pivot, PJI receive grant to provide emergency assistance to returning citizens
December 7th, 2022
The Georgetown Pivot Program and the Prisons and Justice Initiative were awarded over $170,000 in grant funding to directly support students experiencing hardship in the transition home from incarceration. …
Read the 2022 Annual Report!
November 23rd, 2022
Flip through our 2022 annual report to get to know PJI’s programs, take a look back at our work over the past year, and meet talented students and alumni! …
Finding a Way to Be Somebody During and After Incarceration
November 3rd, 2022
Prison makes you feel like a nobody. Arlando “Tray” Jones III shares his journey to prove to himself and the world that he his somebody.…
Meet the 2022 Paralegal Fellows
October 28th, 2022
Samantha K. Bond Samantha is a native Washingtonian and a creative problem solver who has a background in nonprofit work, business, and government. She was recently the special assistant for the…
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