Transformation During Incarceration: Breaking the System

Using an indigenous research methodology analyzing memoirs of formerly incarcerated people, Transformation During Incarceration: Breaking the System contextualizes and identifies the role of community and shared emotional connection among incarcerated people.

Deanna Kabler, Ed.D. served as a Higher Education in Prison program administrator and instructor for a college degree program in North Carolina prisons 2019-2022. She belongs to the larger discourse community of Higher Education in Prison through her participation in the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison and other advocacy organizations throughout the US. She currently teaches for the Prison Education Program for Adams State University and lives in North Carolina with her children and two doodle pups.