Inside-Out - Justice Education Initiative

Inside-Out class

Inside-Out Alumni with President Strom Thacker, wife, and Pitzer staff & faculty, friends and family. (2025 Graduation Celebration).

Inside-Out Courses

The Justice Education Initiative currently facilitates Inside-Out courses at the California Rehabilitation Center, hoping to expand these classes to other carceral facilities soon. These courses are taught in prison by faculty from the Claremont Colleges and taken by both “outside” college students and “inside” incarcerated individuals in a shared learning environment. The unique dialectical format of these classes fosters a particularly rich and powerful learning experience, deepening understanding across all manner of differences and often galvanizing mutual transformation for all involved.