Programa de pertenencia
The UWI-Mona Prison Project (UMPP) is a Prison-to-College Pipeline (P2CP) initiative that aims to increase access to higher education and improve reintegration outcomes for incarcerated people in Jamaica. UMPP is inspired by the Prison-to-College Pipeline program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York -which focuses on providing postsecondary education to incarcerated people and tackling the stigma of incarceration that creates barriers to successful reintegration. UMPP is the first university-prison partnership in the region to offer on-site, face-to-face education and skills training to incarcerated people and correctional officers. The UMPP pilot project is scheduled to start in early 2023 at Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre (TSACC) and will hone in on two core elements of the P2CP model; quality education and reentry planning. Individuals who successfully complete the program at TSACC will receive a certificate in Entertainment Business from the University of the West Indies Mona Campus and social support to aid in their transition from incarceration to the community.

Bio

Shanell Bailey is the project manager for the UWI-Mona Prison Project, a Prison-to-College Pipeline initiative and a 2021-2022 Fulbright Scholar to Jamaica. Her research project entitled, “The Power of Education: Following the Prison-to-College pipeline in Jamaica” examined the impact of university prison education on the social and economic mobility of formerly incarcerated people in Jamaica. Shanell graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Forensic Psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. Ms. Bailey has several years of experience working in prison reentry and reintegration providing direct services to currently and formerly incarcerated people, participating in research and consulting on various social justice projects.

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