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| UW, State Department of Corrections Receive National Award |
| By uwyo.edu |
| Published: 08/08/2017 |
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Wyoming Pathways from Prison (WPfP), a collaborative program involving University of Wyoming faculty, staff, and students and the Wyoming Department of Corrections that provides educational opportunities to incarcerated persons, has received national attention. Betty Abbott, Wyoming Department of Corrections education programs manager, recently accepted the Austin MacCormick Award, an honor that recognizes best practices in correctional education that can be replicated nationwide. UW Gender and Women’s Studies Program Associate Professor Susan Dewey co-presented with Abbott on their ongoing work, where the award was presented at the annual Correctional Education Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Dewey says their presentation was received with “much interest and fanfare.” “I am so proud that this collaboration between the Wyoming Department of Corrections has been nationally recognized for its innovative spirit and hard work in developing WPfP. We are now a model for university-corrections partnerships nationwide,” Dewey says. Read More. |
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