Image captures a square shaped graphic with text, images, and logos all over. The top banner features text which reads, "NYU Metro Center Blog Post". The image below features an incarcerated youth pursuing education while behind bars. He sits in an orange jumpsuit with a pen in his hand, as he attempts to keep up with the class instructor. The logos at the top corner of the image are for NYU Metro Center's open access journal, Voices in Urban Education (VUE). The logo featured at the lower right side of the image, is for New York University Prison Education Program. The text banner below the image features the titled of the blog post, "The Contradictions and Intersection Between Education and Incarceration. " This banner is above the logo for NYU Metro Center, and a portion of the opening paragraph for the blog post, " As guest editors of the latest issue of Voices in Urban Education (VUE), New York University’s Prison Education Program (NYU PEP) team welcomed the opportunity to..."
Does education #behindbars reinforce the #prison industrial complex? A special edition of @metronyu.bsky.social 's open-access journal, #VUE, provided @nyuniversity's Prison #Education Program (PEP) with the opportunity to consider the topic. Read blog post here: bit.ly/48w3Xoy