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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Frank Alexander II moderated the panel on reentering society post-incarceration.

Formerly incarcerated individuals and educators discuss prison education and reentry at NPEP panel

January 28, 2025

Although Frank Alexander II spent his time incarcerated working in offices, healthcare and a print shop, he was told upon release that he would be “better off at a restaurant washing dishes” because...

Screenwriting duo Sammy Horowitz (left) and Adam Pasen pose on the set of crime drama series “Power Book IV: Force.”

Justice-Impacted Writers Project brings screenwriting to NPEP

January 27, 2025

Screenwriter Sammy Horowitz was incarcerated for almost a decade. He said he spent three of those years in the recently closed Stateville Correctional Center, just an hour-long drive from Evanston.  About...

LGBTQ+ individuals are more likely to be arrested and incarcerated.

NPEP virtual panel addresses LGBTQ+ intersectionality in the criminal justice system

January 14, 2025

The Northwestern Prison Education Program held a virtual panel Tuesday night to discuss how the intersecting identities of incarcerated LGBTQ+ individuals might affect their experiences within the criminal...

What’s New at NU: How the Northwestern Prison Education Program changes lives

November 13, 2024

In this episode, The Daily delves into the Northwestern Prison Education Program. The Daily explores the program’s evolution and impact as well as the role of education in promoting restorative justice...

Drawing on a variety of interviews with organizers and activists in the United States and Canada, the novel focused on six abolitionist organizations from each respective country.

Authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discuss abolition, new novel during Monday conversation

April 15, 2024

Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against...

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