Letters to an Incarcerated Brother
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INCARCERATEDNational Directory of Postsecondary Educational Programs
in Prisons, Prison Studies Project, www.prisonstudiesproject.org.
This website contains a map showing postsecondary educational programs inside prisons, state
by state.
Prisoners Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs
In the United States and Canada, 3rd
Edition by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf, 221 pages.
The Prison Scholar Fund
http://www.facebook.com/PrisonScholarFund/
or write to:
The Prison Scholar Fund
23517 Orville Road East
Orting, WA 98360
For information about the following list of higher education
projects in prison, download the .pdf booklet at:
www.universitybeyondbars.org
or try writing to :
University Beyond Bars
PO Box 1267
Poulsbo
WA 98370
Higher Education Projects[1]
1. Prison Arts + Education Project
2. Bard Prison Initiative at Eastern Correctional Facility
3. Changing Lives Through Literature at Dorchester, Massachusetts
4. Georgetown’s Prison Outreach Program
5. Hudson Link at Sing Sing Correctional Facility
6. Lipscomb Initiative for Education at Tennessee Prison for Women
7. Marymount Manhattan College at Bedford Hills Correctional
8. Facility
9. Ohio University College Program for the Incarcerated
10. Pathways Program for Incarcerated Students at St. Cloud State University
11. Prison Creative Arts Project
12. Prison Studies Project
13. Prisoners Education Network
14. Prison University Project at San Quentin State Prison
15. Purdue University North Central; Rising Hope
16. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Friday Center for Continuing Education with North Carolina Department for Corrections
17. Wesleyan Center for Prison Education.
How To Get Information About Education In Prison from the Federal Government:
Office of Correctional Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
MES 4527
Washington, DC 20202-7242
How to Get Information About Education In Prison from Your
State
Correctional Education Administrator, by State[2]:
Alabama
Correctional Education Division (Alabama)
J.F. Ingram State Technical College
P.O. Box 220350
Deatsville, AL 36022-0350
Phone: (334) 285-5177
Fax: (334) 285-2521
Email: dchambers@ingram.cc.al.us or jmerk@ingram.cc.al.us
Website: http://www.ingram.cc.al.us/
Alaska
Inmate Programs (Alaska)
State Department of Corrections
Suite 601
550 West Seventh Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 269-7434
Fax: (907) 269-7420
Email: annaherzberger@alaska.gov
Website:
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/index.jsf
Arizona
Correctional Education Bureau (Arizona)
State Department of Corrections
Third Floor
1601 West Jefferson
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: (602) 542-5620
Fax: (602) 364-0550
Email: bganz@azcorrections.gov or lkrause@azcorrections.gov
Arkansas
Arkansas Correctional School
Correctional School System
8000 Correction Circle
Pine Bluff, AR 71603
Phone: (870) 267-6725
Fax: (870) 267-6731
Email: dubs.byers@arkansas.gov
Website: http://arkcs.arkansas.gov/
California
Correctional Education Division (California)
State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Division of Juvenile Justice
P.O. Box 942883
Sacramento, CA 94283-0001
Phone: (916) 445-8035
Fax: (916) 324-1416
Email: doug.mckeever@cdcr.ca.gov
Website: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Juvenile_Justice/DJJ_Organization/Education_Se
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Colorado
Correctional Education Division (Colorado)
State Department of Corrections
2862 South Circle Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906-4195
Phone: (719) 226-4417
Fax: (719) 226-4424
Email: tony.romero@doc.state.co.us or bill.zalman@doc.state.co.us
Website: http://www.doc.state.co.us/
Connecticut
Correctional Education Division (Connecticut)
State Department of Correction
Unified School District #1
24 Wolcott Hill Road
Wethersfield, CT 06109-1152
Phone: (860) 692-7537
Fax: (860) 692-7538
Email: doc.pio@po.state.ct.us or
Angela.Jalbert@po.state.ct.us
Website:
http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1503&q=265554
Delaware
Correctional Education Division (Delaware)
State Department of Correction
Bureau of Prisons
245 McKee Road
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 857-5276
Fax: (302) 739-7215
Email: johnj.ryan@state.de.us
Website: http://doc.delaware.gov/
District of Columbia
No records found.
Florida
Office of Education and Initiatives (Florida)
State Department of Corrections
Building B, Room 300
2601 Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Phone: (850) 922-3621
Fax: (850) 922-2121
Email: overstreet.allen@mail.dc.state.fl.us or
crockett.mckinley@mail.dc.state.fl.us
Website: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/
Georgia
No records found.
Hawaii
Correctional Education Division (Hawaii)
State Department of Public Safety
Room 405
919 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 587-1279
Fax: (808) 587-1280
Email: Maureen.L.Tito@Hawaii.Gov or mtito14@gmail.com
Website: http://hawaii.gov/psd/corrections
Idaho
Correctional Education Division (Idaho)
State Department of Correction
Suite 110
1299 North Orchard Street
Boise, ID 83706
Phone: (208) 658-2066
Fax: (208) 327-7458
Email: gcushman@idoc.idaho.gov or mperien@idoc.idaho.gov
Website: http://www.idoc.idaho.gov/
Illinois
Office of Adult and Vocational Education (Illinois)
State Department of Corrections
1301 Concordia Court
Springfield, IL 62794
Phone: (217) 558-2200 x3601
Fax: (217) 522-9518
Email: info@idoc.state.il.us
Website: http://www.idoc.state.il.us/
Indiana
Correctional Education Division (Indiana)
State Department of Correction
E334 Indiana Government Center South
302 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (317) 233-3111
Fax: (317) 234-0956
Email: jnally@idoc.in.gov
Website: http://www.in.gov/idoc/
Iowa
Correctional Education Division (Iowa)
State Department of Corrections
Suite Four
510 East 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: (515) 725-5728
Fax: (515) 725-5798
Email: info@doc.state.ia.us or laura.farris@iowa.gov
Website: http://www.doc.state.ia.us/
Kansas
Correctional Education Division (Kansas)
State Department of Corrections
Landon State Office Building, Fourth Floor
900 SW Jackson Street
Topeka, KS 66612-1284
Phone: (785) 296-3317
Toll-Free: (888) 317-8204
Toll-Free Restrictions: KS and MO residents only
Fax: (785) 296-0304
Email: kdocpub@doc.ks.gov
Website: http://www.doc.ks.gov/
Kentucky
Correctional Education Division (Kentucky)
State Department of Corrections
Health Services Building
275 East Main Street, P.O. Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602-2400
Phone: (502) 564-4795 x229
Fax: (502) 564-0572
Email: Martha.Slemp@ky.gov
Website: http://www.corrections.ky.gov/
Louisiana
Correctional Education Division (Louisiana)
State Department of Public Safety and Corrections
P.O. Box 44314
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4314
Phone: (225) 342-6633
Fax: (225) 342-5556
Email: creed@corrections.state.la.us or
webmaster@corrections.state.la.us
Website:
http://www.doc.louisiana.gov/view.php?cat=8&id=51
Maine
Adult Correctional Education (Maine)
State Department of Corrections
State House Station #111
Augusta, ME 04333-0111
Phone: (207) 287-4342
Fax: (207) 287-4370
Email: ellis.king@maine.gov
Website: http://www.state.me.us/corrections/
Maryland
Juvenile Services Education Program (Maryland)
State Department of Education
200 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-0500
Fax: (410) 333-2254
Email: mmechlinski@msde.state.md.us
Website:
http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/careertech/juveni ...
Massachusetts
Correctional Education Division (Massachusetts)
State Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 71, Hodder House
Two Merchant Road
Framingham, MA 01704
Phone: (508) 935-0901
Fax: (508) 935-0907
Email: cvicari@doc.state.ma.us
Website: http://www.state.ma.us/doc/
Michigan
Correctional Education Division (Michigan)
State Department of Corrections
Prisoner Education Programs
5656 South Cedar Street, Suite 100
Lansing, MI 48911
Phone: (517) 335-1388
Fax: (517) 241-9717
Email: derosejl@michigan.gov
Website: http://www.michigan.gov/corrections
Minnesota
Correctional Education Division (Minnesota)
State Department of Corrections
Facility Services Division - Education
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 200
St. Paul, MN 55108-5210
Phone: (651) 361-7244
Fax: (651) 603-0150
TTY: (651) 643-3589
Email: marcie.koetke@state.mn.us
Website:
http://www.doc.state.mn.us/org/facilityserv/education.htm
Mississippi
Correctional Education Division (Mississippi)
State Department of Corrections
723 North President Street
Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (601) 359-5304
Fax: (601) 359-6760
Email: kstierle@mdoc.state.ms.us or
jnhopkins@mdoc.state.ms.us
Website: http://www.mdoc.state.ms.us/
Missouri
Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services/Education (Missouri)
State Department of Corrections
1717 Industrial Drive
P.O. Box 236
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 526-6534
Fax: (573) 526-3009
TTY: (573) 751-5984
Email: tony.spillers@doc.mo.gov or ellen.hueste@doc.mo.gov
Website: http://www.doc.mo.gov/division/rehab/edu.htm
Montana
Correctional Education Division (Montana)
State Department of Corrections
1539 11th Avenue
P.O. Box 201301
Helena, MT 59620-1301
Phone: (406) 444-3930
Fax: (406) 444-4920
Email: webadmin@mt.gov or banez@mt.gov
Website: http://www.cor.mt.gov/
Nebraska
Correctional Education Division (Nebraska)
State Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 94661
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: (402) 479-5723
Fax: (402) 479-5623
Email: jpannkuk@dcs.state.ne.us or lwayne@dcs.state.ne.us
Website:
http://www.corrections.state.ne.us/programs/inmate_programs/education ...
Nevada
Education and Vocational Training (Nevada)
State Department of Corrections
Building 17
5500 Snyder Avenue
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (775) 887-3237
Fax: (775) 887-3253
Email: mhall@doc.nv.gov
Website: http://www.doc.nv.gov/programs/education.php
New Hampshire
Correctional Education Division (New Hampshire)
State Department of Corrections
Corrections Special School District
P.O. Box 14
Concord, NH 03302-0014
Phone: (603) 271-1855
Fax: (603) 271-0401
Email: info@nhdoc.state.nh.us or
daniel.t.tanguay@nhdoc.state.nh.us
Website: http://www.state.nh.us/nhdoc/
New Jersey
Office of Educational Services (New Jersey)
State Department of Corrections
P.O. Box 863
Trenton, NJ 08625-0863
Phone: (609) 292-8054
Fax: (609) 777-4143
Email: pubinfo@doc.state.nj.us or
patty.friend@doc.state.nj.us
Website:
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/structure/html/community.html#3
New Mexico
Adult Correctional Education (New Mexico)
State Corrections Department
Casa Nor Este Building
4101 Pan American Freeway NE
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone: (505) 841-4282
Fax: (505) 841-4267
Email: Johannes.Hedrich@state.nm.us
Website:
http://corrections.state.nm.us/programs/education.html
New York
Correctional Education Division (New York)
State Department of Correctional Services
Harriman State Campus, Building Two
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12226-2050
Phone: (518) 457-8142
Fax: (518) 457-1914
Email: nydocsedu@docs.state.ny.us
Website:
http://www.docs.state.ny.us/ProgramServices/academic.html
North Carolina
Correctional Education Division (North Carolina)
State Department of Correction
Division of Prisons
831 West Morgan Street, 4264 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27669-4264
Phone: (919) 838-3642
Fax: (919) 838-4764
Email: ugm01@doc.state.nc.us
Website: http://www.doc.state.nc.us/DOP/education/index.htm
North Dakota
Correctional Education Division (North Dakota)
State Penitentiary, Adult Services Division
P.O. Box 5521
3100 Railroad Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58506-5521
Phone: (701) 328-6100
Fax: (701) 328-6640
Email: tmbarsta@nd.gov
Website: http://www.nd.gov/docr/
Ohio
Correctional Education Division (Ohio)
Ohio Central School System
PO Box 779
London, OH 43140
Phone: (740) 845-3240
Fax: (740) 845-3387
Email: jerry.mcglone@odrc.state.oh.us
Website: http://www.drc.state.oh.us/OCSS/OCSS_home.htm
Oklahoma
Correctional Education Division (Oklahoma)
State Department of Corrections
Suite 200
2901 North Classen
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Phone: (405) 962-6106
Fax: (405) 962-6171
Email: pam.humphrey@doc.state.ok.us
Website: http://www.doc.state.ok.us/
Oregon
Correctional Education Division (Oregon)
State Department of Corrections
Workforce Development Division
1793 13th Street, SE
Salem, OR 97302-2595
Phone: (503) 934-1003
Fax: (503) 378-5815
Email: karen.trembley@doc.state.or.us
Website:
http://www.doc.state.or.us/DOC/TRANS/PROGMS/index.shtml
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Correction Education (Pennsylvania)
State Department of Corrections
Suite 103
75 Utley Drive
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Phone: (717) 731-7823
Fax: (717) 731-7830
Email: wkepnerjr@state.pa.us or chralston@state.pa.us
Website: http://www.cor.state.pa.us/
Rhode Island
Correctional Education Division (Rhode Island)
State Department of Corrections
Educational Services, Bernadette Building
15 Fleming Road
Cranston, RI 02920
Phone: (401) 462-2507
Fax: (401) 462-2509
TTY: (401) 462-5180
Email: education@doc.ri.gov or director@doc.ri.gov
Website: http://www.doc.ri.gov/rehabilitative/educational/index.php
South Carolina
Correctional Education Division (South Carolina)
SC Department of Corrections
Palmetto Unified School District
4444 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 896-1583
Fax: (803) 896-1513
Email: johnson.teresa@doc.state.sc.us or
reagan.randy@doc.state.sc.us
Website: http://www.state.sc.us/scdc/
South Dakota
Correctional Education Division (South Dakota)
State Department of Corrections
4904 Quail Run
Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Phone: (605) 773-3478
Fax: (605) 334-3807
Email: dianna.miller@state.sd.us or
michael.winder@state.sd.us
Website: http://www.state.sd.us/corrections/corrections.html
Tennessee
Correctional Education Division (Tennessee)
State Department of Corrections
Rachel Jackson Building, Fifth Floor
320 Sixth Avenue, North
Nashville, TN 37243-0465
Phone: (615) 741-1000 x8176
Fax: (615) 741-1055
Email: sharmila.patel@tn.gov
Website: http://www.state.tn.us/correction/
Texas
Correctional Education Division (Texas)
State Department of Criminal Justice
Windham School District, Institutional Division
P.O. Box 40
Huntsville, TX 77342-0040
Phone: (936) 291-5307
Fax: (936) 436-4031
Email: communications@wsdtx.org or bambi.kiser@wsdtx.org
Website: http://www.wsdtx.org/
Utah
Correctional Education Division (Utah)
State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
Phone: (801) 538-7989
Fax: (801) 538-7868
Email: jeff.galli@schools.utah.gov
Website: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/
Vermont
Correctional Education Division (Vermont)
Community High School of Vermont
Workforce Development Partnership
103 South Main Street
Waterbury, VT 05671-1001
Phone: (802) 241-2273
Fax: (802) 241-2377
Email: wilhelmina.picard@ahs.state.vt.us or
sheila.commo@ahs.state.vt.us
Website: http://www.chsvt.org/wdp.html
Virginia
Virginia Department of Correctional Education
James Monroe Building
Seventh Floor
101 North 14th Street
Richmond, VA 23219-3678
Phone: (804) 225-3314
Fax: (804) 786-7642
Email: patricia.ennis@dce.virginia.gov
Website: http://www.dce.state.va.us/index.cfm?fuseaction=showMain&CFID=812331&
...
Washington
Correctional Education Division (Washington)
State Department of Corrections
Educational Services Unit
7345 Linderson Way, MS-41129
Tumwater, WA 98501
Phone: (360) 725-8211
Fax: (360) 586-7273
Email: mjparis@doc1.wa.gov
Website: http://www.doc.wa.gov/
West Virginia
Office of Institutional Education Programs (West Virginia)
State Department of Education
Building Six, Room 728
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
Phone: (304) 558-8833
Fax: (304) 558-5042
Email: jgreen@access.k12.wv.us or Fwarsing@access.k12.wv.us
Website: http://wvde.state.wv.us/institutional/
Wisconsin
Correctional Education Division (Wisconsin)
State Department of Corrections, Office of Program Services
Education
P.O. Box 7925
3099 East Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53707-7925
Phone: (608) 240-5000
Fax: (608) 240-3310
Email: Margaret.Carpenter@Wisconsin.gov or
ismael.ozanne@Wisconsin.gov
Website: http://www.wi-doc.com/
Wyoming
Correctional Education Division (Wyoming)
State Department Of Corrections
Suite 100
1934 Wyott Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: (307) 777-6104
Fax: (307) 777-7846
Email: babbot@wdoc.state.wy.us
Website: http://doc.state.wy.us/services/education.html
Puerto Rico
Correctional Education Division (Puerto Rico)
State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Call Box 71308
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: (787) 273-6464 x2504
FREE BOOK PROGRAMS[3]
Books Through Bars
4722 Baltimore Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19143 Will
only send books to prisoners in: PA, NJ, NY, DE, MD, VA, and WV.
Books Through Bars,
c/o Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
Providence Books
Through Bars c/o Myopic Books
5 S. Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906
Chicago Books to
Women in Prison c/o BeyondMedia
4001 N. Ravenswood Ave., #204C, Chicago, IL 60613 Ship books
to women in prison only.
Midwest Books to
Prisoners c/o Quimby’s Bookstore
1321 N. Milwaukee Ave., PMB #460, Chicago, IL 60622 Ships
books to IL, WI, MN, MO, IA, KS, IN, and NE
Portland Books to
Prisoners
P.O. Box 11222, Portland, OR 97211
Prison Books
Collective c/o Internationalist Books
405 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Ships
books mostly to prisoners in MS, AL, and NC, maintains an extensive radical
‘zine catalog, and publishes prisoners’ art and writing.
Books to Prisoners
c/o Left Bank Books
92 Pike St., Box A, Seattle, WA 98101
Prison Book Program
c/o Lucy Parsons Bookstore
1306 Hancock St., Suite 100, Hancock, MA 02169
Midwest Pages to
Prisoners c/o Boxcar Books
408 E. 6th St., Bloomington, IN 47408 Ships books to AZ, AR, FL,
IA, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, TN, WI.
UC Books to
Prisoners
Box 515, Urbana, IL 61803 Ships books only in IL.
Books 2 Prisoners
c/o Iron Rail
1631 Elysian Fields #117, New Orleans, LA 70117 Ships books
only in LA.
Olympia Books to
Prisoners
P.O. Box 912, Olympia, WA 98507
Books to Prisoners
c/o Quixote Center
P.O. Box 5206, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Appalachian Prison
Book Project
P.O. Box 601, Morgantown, WV 26507 Ships books to WV, VA,
MD, OH, KY, and TN.
Inside Books Project
c/o 12th Street Books
827 W. 12th St., Austin, TX 78701 Ships books only in TX.
Prison Book Project
P.O. Box 396, Amherst, MA 01004 Ships books only in New
England and TX.
Prisoners Literature
Project c/o Bound Together Bookstore 1369 Haight
St., San Francisco, CA 94117
Prison Library
Project
P.M.B. 128, 915-C W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711
Asheville Prison
Books Program
67 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, NC 28801 Ships books only
in NC, SC, GA, and TN.
4241 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113 Ships books only in
OH.
Women’s Prison Book
Project c/o Arise Bookstore
2441 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55405 Ships
to women and transgender people in prison only.
[1] Source:
http://www.universitybeyondbars.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/EJP-Incomplete-Directory-on-HIgher-Ed-Prison-Programs.pdf
[2] Source: U.S. Department of Education at: http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/programs/EROD/org_list.cfm?category_cd=SCE
[3] Source: The JailHouse
Lawyer’s Handbook, “Free Book Programs,” pp. 137-138; .pdf available for
download at: http://jailhouselaw.org/