Teach in Prison
Fall 2008
PUBLIC POLICY 198
2 Unit(s)
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About the Course:
The Teach in Prison Decal aims to provide students with a unique community service experience as they tutor prisoners in San Quentin state prison.There are few areas of professional or personal interest that this program doesn't enrich: law, psychology, politics, and curiosity to name a few. And while you're learning about both the California and Federal corrections systems, you'll be helping eager students obtain their high school diplomas. One morning a week (M-Th., 8:15 AM - 11:30 AM), during a pre-scheduled time that is convenient for you, groups of students will travel to San Quentin and tutor inmates in a class led by a teacher in the prison’s education department. Teach in Prison also features guest lecturers such as prison psychologists, guards, scholars, and former inmates.
How to Enroll:
The only requirement — per San Quentin regulations — is that tutors be at least 21 years of age. Students will also be required to pass a background check (traffic violations and juvenile violations aren't scrutinized). A vehicle is not required, but is extremely helpful.
There is a high level of interest in this rare opportunity to see, from the inside, how a prison actually operates. It's a safe, exciting, and enriching experience. Given the high demand of the course, you may find it beneficial to drop a brief e-mail letting us know you're interested.
First class is on Wednesday, September 3rd.
To speed things up, please send administrative questions and initial contact e-mails to the address listed below, and not the faculty sponsor. Thank you.
Addendum 9/3/08: This decal is now totally full. We cannot honor any new student requests to add, so please don't send e-mails of that nature to the facilitator or faculty sponsor. We hope you consider joining us in the spring.
For students who attended the 9/3 session and still have questions, please attend our office hours this Friday, 3:30-4:30 PM at the Free Speech Cafe (attached to Moffitt Library). Due to the large volume of e-mails we have received, most messages sent after today's session will not be directly responded to.
Course Contact: theclink AT hotmail.com
Faculty Sponsor: Jane Mauldon
Time & Location:
| Section | Facilitators | Size | Location | Time | Starts | Status | CCNs |
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| Sec. 1 | West Hays | — | 250 Dwinelle | Wed 4-6 | 9/03 | full | — (lower) 77136 (upper) |
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