Volunteer Opportunities

Connect with other Criminal Justice-related activities on campus

The Petey Greene Program

The Petey Greene Program envisions a world in which all incarcerated people have access to high quality academic programs and all people recognize their stake in supporting education in correctional facilities. Petey Greene supplements education in correctional institutions by providing individualized tutoring. The Program works to promote academic achievement in prison classrooms in order to support people and build stronger communities. Learn more at their website.

Prison Teaching Initiative

Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative aims to reduce incarceration rates, especially among poor and minority communities, in New Jersey by increasing access to outstanding post-secondary education. To this end, PTI provides credit-bearing college courses to inmates at two correctional facilities near Princeton’s campus. Courses in several disciplines are taught by volunteer instructors including Princeton faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, alumni, and advanced undergraduates. PTI works to provide students with the education and skills necessary to lead productive, intellectually engaged lives while in prison and when they return to their home communities. More information can be found here.