Alabama Prison Arts and Education Project

The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project is a program Auburn University dedicated to bringing educational opportunities to prisoners in Alabama. The program believes it is important for the adult prison population to gain a quality education, and also to build a relationship with learning that will continue to grow for the rest of their lives.

APAEP provides access to sustained and quality educational experiences in the arts, humanities, hard sciences, and human sciences. APAEP classes are based on introductory college level courses and generally run for 14 weeks for 15 to 20 students.

APAEP believes that quality and sustained educational experiences can offer transformational opportunities to individuals in prison. Studies have shown the more education someone has while incarcerated, the less likely they are to come back to prison once released. The program is funded by Auburn University and through various grants. More information about the program is available at www.auburn.edu/apaep.