Image provided by: Clackamas Community College; Oregon City, OR
About The Clackamas print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1989-2019 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 2013)
P R I N T : News Wednesday,June 5,2013 45* 3 Clackamas students talk to Titus (far right) about his duties in the woodshop where he works with other MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility residents. The facility has partnered with a business across ihe street that p ays the residents to produce pallets fo r general use. They also build various wood products that are eventually sent to the Army. MACLAREN: Learning behind bars Continued from Page 1 Stephan, a MacLaren resident, has completed 82 college credits at Lane Community College, not including CJA-199 at Clackamas. All o f his college coursework has been completed while incarcer- The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program works with institutions o f higher learning and correctional systems to deepen the conversation about and transform approaches to understanding crime, justice, free dom, inequality, and other issues o f social concern. Mbre information ated. He plans to have an associate about the program can be tbund at ence is an opportunity for criminal degree by the end of this term. His goal is to enroll at Oregon State University and obtain a degree in human resources. •‘My whole purpose in going to school is to better my surround ings that I came from; because it’s [gang/drug life] just a cycle and I don’t want to part of keeping that cycle going. Someone’s got to stop it,” Stephan said. insideoutoregon.com The spring schedule of class es' describes CJA-199, Inside Corrections, as bringing a group o f students from GCC together with a group o f residents of à cor rectional facility to g ain a deeper understanding o f the criminal jus tice system through the marriage of theoretical knowledge and practi cal experience achieved by weekly justice and corrections students -to see their field from the inside. Across the correctional cam pus, the students gathered in the facility’s educational buildings in a classroom. Students discussed the.tour o f the grounds and how it made them feel. “Is there anything you want to talk about that stuck out?” Flippo asked the class. meetings at the facility. Students .will explore ideas about crime and justice, the criminal justice system, corrections and incarceration. The four credit class is held at the correctional facility most Wednesdays this spring from 1-4:50 pm . The learning' experi Danna, a CCC student, replied, “Hike all the different work oppor tunities. I didn’t realize all the different opportunities that they [inmates] have.” Although the inmates <t MacLaren can take online classes, CJA-199 gives them a chance to Editors Note Student sources in this article are not fully named. According to Ida Flippo, instructor for CJA-199, the 'experience edtieatioiriiSiifflre tradi rules o f th e Inside-O ut pro tionally. “The inside ’ students really appreciated this opportunity because it gave them more o f a real college experience than just communicating online with their instructors or with their fellow stu dents,’’ Flippo said. To see student responses to the classes. online go to www. theclackamasprint.com. gram require students and student inmates to remain semi-anonymous; only the instructors know the full names o f all o f the stu dents. The Print was asked to not report personal infor mation about the inmates, their crimes or sentences. tjoiL ci voreher? V K o +o ^rapK er? P e -s u y w r? GET CREDIT FOR WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED IN LIFE. If you have a passion for reporting, designing, editing or just want to be a part of something nifty here at Clackamas Community College, The Clackamas Print wants you! Join J-215 for Publications, our Monday, Wednesday, Friday class where we produce the content foryour award winningstudent run newspaper. Join J-226 for Production, our Tuesday class where we take all that awesome content that the Publications class created and turn it into a fabulous composition. Also find our content online! www.TheClackamasPrintcom. FREE TUITION IS AVAILABLE FOR EDITORS! For more details, visit our website or send us an email to chiefed@clackamas.edtt. U wjc an CLvocsom suwuywt ! i COLLEGE CREDIT. The University for Grown-ups HI MARYLHURST UNIVERSITY You. Unlimited. With our Prior Learning Assessment, you can get credit for what you’ve learned and decrease your tuition costs. Proof again that it pays to have a little life experience. Prior Learning Assessment Info Session I Thurs. June 6,6:30 - 8 p.m. BP John Administration Building pla@marylhurst.edu or 503.699.6260 to learn more. www.marylhurst.edu/pla 17600 Pacific Highway [Hwy. 43] - T Î mites south of P o rtla n ds! 503.699.6268
