POST-PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM
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Mission Statement
The Post-Prison Education Program offers hope and creates opportunity for people returning to society by providing access to higher education. Imprisoned and formerly imprisoned people are offered the tools and human support they need to find gainful, meaningful employment, and break free from cycles of hopelessness, poverty, and imprisonment and become leaders for change.
About This Cause
Founded in 2005, the Post-Prison Education Program is the only program in Washington State that offers wrap-around services to releasing prisoners and their families in conjunction with providing them access, support, and the resources to attain post-secondary education. Because they are incarcerated in disproportionately high numbers, the Program focuses its efforts on uneducated communities, low-income communities, and communities of color. The Program works within prisons and in partnership with a state-wide network of community and governmental organizations to recruit students, fund the students’ educational needs, and connect students to existing community services. The Program reduces the likelihood that a child will follow his or her parent to prison by creating a positive environment for both the student and his or her family. Research shows that a child of an imprisoned or formerly imprisoned individual is five to seven times more likely than children of non-incarcerated parents to follow his or her parent to prison. The Post-Prison Education Program recognizes this risk and provides essential services to the whole family. The Program's intervention at the family level helps reduce the likelihood of a child following a parent to prison by 25%. By taking a holistic approach that focuses on both the former prisoner and his or her family, we dramatically reduce the cycle and effects of inter-generational incarceration.