Paper/Proposal Title
Finding Restoration in the Prison Classroom: Teaching Transitional Justice on the Inside
Location
Rethinking Transitional Justice
Start Date
10-3-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
10-3-2019 12:30 PM
Abstract
I would speak to the experience and lessons of teaching human rights and transitional justice courses inside a state correctional facility with a combined student cohort of traditional undergraduate students and incarcerated students in a shared classroom behind prison walls. The course focuses on collaborative learning and community building and was a revolutionary way to explore core transitional justice themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, truth telling and the tensions between restorative and retributive justice. Collectively we build hope by recognizing our common humanity.
Author/Speaker Biographical Statement(s)
Carrie Booth Walling Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Political Science Associate Director, Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program
Finding Restoration in the Prison Classroom: Teaching Transitional Justice on the Inside
Rethinking Transitional Justice
I would speak to the experience and lessons of teaching human rights and transitional justice courses inside a state correctional facility with a combined student cohort of traditional undergraduate students and incarcerated students in a shared classroom behind prison walls. The course focuses on collaborative learning and community building and was a revolutionary way to explore core transitional justice themes of forgiveness, reconciliation, truth telling and the tensions between restorative and retributive justice. Collectively we build hope by recognizing our common humanity.
