About This Guide

This open guide is currently maintained by UW-Madison’s Odyssey Beyond Bars (OBB), which teaches college jumpstart courses in Wisconsin prisons and leads teacher and tutor training for the broader UW-Madison Prison Education Initiative.

This online guide was created in Summer 2022 by Jennifer Fandel, OBB Writing Instructor and Tutor Coordinator; Pearly Wong, OBB Research and Outreach Coordinator; and Dr. Lauren Surovi, OBB Academic Program Manager. It was publicly launched on August 1, 2022.