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From One Campus to Another: Georgetown Graduate Helps Incarcerated Students Get Georgetown Degrees
Samantha Simonsen joined PJI as a Georgetown graduate in January 2025. Now, she’s helping incarcerated students get their Georgetown degrees. As the administrative coordinator for prison…
April 14, 2026
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Making an Exoneree Welcomes Ninth Cohort at Georgetown
Marc Howard, co-founder of Making an Exoneree and founding director of the Prisons and Justice Initiative, addresses the new cohort. This January, Making an Exoneree (MAE) welcomed 15 students to…
March 19, 2026
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The Power of Lived Experience at PJI
The Prisons and Justice Initiative’s newest team member, Kittrell Decator, joined the team with a unique story that fuels his commitment to legal system reform. Kittrell Decator on the…
February 10, 2026