I'm No Longer Accepting The Things I Cannot Change...I'm Changing The Things I Cannot Accept.
Angela Davis
#STUDENTALLIANCE
Students From Around The Country, Who Are Dedicated To Creating Change In The US System of Criminal Punishment And to Ending Mass Incarceration
Mission Statement
The Student Alliance for Prison Reform is a network of students and student organizations from universities across the country with the mission of supporting initiatives to bring about change in the US criminal justice system.
Who We Are
Our organizations are individually governed and work in service, education, and advocacy around the nation to further prison education, raise awareness on campuses, and influence policy.
What We Do
support the work of student activists by providing various resources, including trainings, guidebooks, and conferences
foster new student initiatives by connecting students with a criminal justice community
advocate for justice reforms that promote education, health, safety, and rehabilitation
educate campuses and communities on criminal justice, sentencing policy, and the effects of mass incarceration
Our Values
The Student Alliance for Prison Reform values student representation, community, collaboration, innovation, and diversity.
Member Organizations
Harvard Organization for Prison Education & Reform (HOPE)
Columbia
SAMI (Students Against Mass Incarceration)
Prison Divest
Prison Education Project
Dartmouth
Dartmouth Prison Project
Yale University
Yale Undergraduate Prison Project (YUPP)
Cornell
Prison Reform and Education Project
Brandeis
SAMI (Students Against Mass Incarceration)
Princeton
SPEAR (Students for Prison Education and Reform)
New York University
Incarceration to Education Coalition
Boston University
Students for Prison Reform
Suffolk University
Prison Book Project
Tufts
SAMI (Students Against Mass Incarceration)
Haverford
Rethink Incarceration
University of Wisconsin Madison
Student Alliance for Prison Reform- UW
The Ohio State University
Student Alliance for Prison Reform- OSU
George Washington University
Student Alliance for Prison Reform- GWU
Vassar College
Vassar Prison Initiative
Allegheny College
Student Alliance for Prison Reform- Allegheny
Johns Hopkins University
Jail Tutorial Project – Reform
University of Puget Sound
Student Alliance for Prison Reform- Puget Sound
Rutgers University
Mountainview Student Group
Washington University in St. Louis
Student Alliance for Prison Reform -WashU
Florida International University
Student Alliance for Prison Reform – FIU
Phillips Exeter Academy
Student Alliance for Prison Reform – (Secondary School Organization)
University of Chicago
Harris Students for Criminal Justice Reform (SCJR) – (Graduate School Affiliate)
Northeastern University
Student Alliance for Prison Reform
James Madison University
Student Alliance for Prison Reform
Colorado College
The Prison Project
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“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages”.
– Angela Davis
#STUDENTPOWER Is A Listing of Student Led Organizations & Students That Are Empowering The Movement With Their Work . Together #WEmakeCHANGE
Students For Prison Education And Reform
As students, the future rests in our hands. It is our duty to take action on one of the most egregious civil rights issues of our generation.
Founded at Princeton University in 2012, SPEAR is a student run advocacy and education group that seeks to advocate against mass incarceration & solitary confinement, provide educational opportunities in New Jersey prisons, and educate members of the Princeton community about the challenges in our criminal justice system.. SPEAR organizes an annual conference designed to bring together students, youth organizers, activists, policymakers, and academics from different communities and universities to build a movement for systemic change and to form a network of people committed to improving the current criminal justice system.
The Petey Greene Program
The Petey Greene Program supplements education in correctional institutions by preparing volunteers, primarily college students, to provide free, quality tutoring and related programming to support the academic achievement of incarcerated people.
The Petey Greene Program will be the national leader of quality tutoring and related educational services to support incarcerated students in achieving their academic goals. The Petey Greene volunteer experience will inspire our alumni to advocate and take on leadership roles that will re-imagine the criminal justice system. We envision a world in which all incarcerated people have access to high quality academic programs.
(re) Emergent Theatre
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Cornell University Prison Education Program
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John Jay Prisoner Reentry Institute
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