LEARN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Get out of the classroom and inside a local correctional facility for a richer learning experience .
The GMercyU Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program ® brings incarcerated and non-incarcerated students together as peers for weekly meetings at the Federal Detention Center of Philadelphia .
During the meetings – held all semester-long -- GMercyU “ outside ” students and “ inside ” students exchange thoughts and perspectives about crime , the criminal justice system , corrections , and imprisonment .
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Realizing there ’ s another group of people just like you who were incarcerated because of different circumstances is a truly transformative experience . You can ’ t get this kind of understanding in the classroom or even through an internship .
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- Dr . Patrick McGrain GMercyU Inside Out Professor
Hear from students about the GMercyU Inside-Out Program