Criminal justice experts discussed the inefficacy of the death penalty and the need for its abolition in a Tuesday roundtable. In the event hosted by the Northwestern Prison Education Program, panelists...

Sociology and African American Studies Prof. Mary Pattillo and Ph.D. candidates Charlotte Rosen and Sanjana Subramaniam discussed their experiences with prison activism at a Wednesday panel. In the...

Evie Litwok — a formerly incarcerated queer activist, lesbian and daughter of Holocaust survivors — has only been out of prison for five years. Litwok was arrested in 1997 on allegations of tax...

Abolitionists shared firsthand experiences with the prison-industrial complex as part of a community roundtable series hosted Tuesday by the Northwestern Prison Education Program. NPEP Director Jennifer...

Keith LaMar, a death row prisoner currently in his 27th year in solitary confinement, spoke to Northwestern community members in a virtual event hosted by the Northwestern Prison Education Program Tuesday...