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OPEEP Recognized as a 2025 Program of Excellence

OPEEP was selected by the Office of Outreach & Engagement as one of Ohio State’s top three 2025 Programs of Excellence in Engaged Scholarship. This award recognizes programs who are making…

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LAM Collective Hosts Loretta Ross

On March 24th, OPEEP and the FREE Center had the honor of hosting prominent scholar and activist Loretta Ross, one of the founding members of SisterSong and Women of Color Reproductive Justice…

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Article Highlight: Nearly 50 of My Relatives Have Been Incarcerated

TERRANCE HINTON wrote the following article for PJP. Click the link below to read the full article. 

https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/25/nearly-50-relatives-have-served-time-…

5 students, 3 campus-based and 2 incarcerated, sit around a table for a class discussion in Dr. Terrance Hinton's Spring 2024 Corrections class held at London Correctional Institution.

Deeply emotional, incredibly profound: The impact of Ohio State’s prison co-education program

The intersection of education and a prison environment offers a blend of unique perspectives and benefits. Ultimately, it emphasizes the humanity of both incarcerated and traditional students.…
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OPEEP is on NBC!

Watch. the full feature via this link. 

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OPEEP is on Spectrum News!

Watch OPEEP's Spectrum News feature here and here.

 

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Engaged Scholars: Mary Thomas and Tiyi Morris

Mary Thomas and Tiyi Morris, the faculty directors for OPEEP, were interviewed by the OSU Office of Outreach and Engagement for April's Engaged Scholars.Engaged Scholars is a series highlighting Ohio…
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Autumn '23 OPEEP Newsletter Now Live!

The Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project's Autumn 2023 newsletter is now live! Read here on our website: https://opeep.osu.edu/opeep-newsletter/autumn-2023

Our project is expanding…

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People in Ohio’s prisons can take liberal arts classes, thanks to an OSU program

WOSU recently published an article focused on OPEEP's work within the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW)! 

Read the full story below:

When Leslie Rombkowksi was imprisoned at…