What is PEP?

The Prison Education Project is the largest volunteer-based prison education program of its kind in the United States.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and PEP have embraced a progressive and innovative approach to supplementing and expanding educational opportunities. Providing academic, life skills, and career development programming, PEP aims to educate, empower, and transform the lives of incarcerated individuals. The goal is to create a "Prison-to-School Pipeline" and provide in-custody students with the cognitive tools necessary to function as productive citizens.

Why PEP came to PCC

  • Education is liberation
  • Dismantling the education system
  • Advocate and work towards more accessibility of education
  • Dismantle the mass incarceration system
  • Advocate for a Prison-to-School Pipeline
  • Reentry Opportunities with Higher Education
  • Your Impact as Volunteer

Open to PCC's Faculty, Staff, and Students

No Experience Needed