Students graduate from Ireland’s 'Inside Out' prison-university programme

11 Apr 2025

• Students from Ireland’s prison-university education programme ‘Inside Out’ graduated at a ceremony.
• The pioneering programme saw UCC BA Criminology programme (‘outside students’) and Cork Prison (‘inside students’) students work together to debate university academic texts, and explore social inequalities and structural harms.
• This programme is the first of its kind in Ireland and is a collaboration between University College Cork, the Cork ETB Prison Education Unit and Cork Prison.