Hiring Staff with Lived Experience: JFF Postsecondary Education in Prison Partner Survey

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The purpose of this survey is to compile information from our postsecondary/higher education in prison partners on hiring practices, and specifically on whether their program or postsecondary education institution has been successful in hiring previously incarcerated or currently incarcerated individuals.

We are hoping to learn which postsecondary education partners in the field have engaged in hiring people with lived experience, which/how many of these hires were alumni of PEP programs, and what roles they were hired for and/or promoted into during their time at that institution.

Even at institutions where no such hiring has taken place yet, we strongly encourage folks to submit the survey, as we are also hoping to better understand and catalogue the specific barriers that might be getting in the way of hiring people with lived experience.

Name

Email Address

Institution

Has your institution hired previously incarcerated individuals, program alumni, or currently incarcerated individuals in any capacity?

Yes, previously incarcerated individual

Yes, currently incarcerated individual

Yes, previously incarcerated program alumni

Yes, currently incarcerated program alumni

If you answered "Yes", could you also please specify for what roles you have hired people with lived experience?

Tutor

Advisor

Teaching Assistant

Instructor

Student Advisory Board Member

Alumni Advisory Board Member

Facility Coordinator

Reentry Coordinator / Navigator

Program Coordinator

Program Director / Administrator

Development Professional (College Foundation, Grants, Fundraising)

Other:

If you answered "No", could you please specify any hurdles or barriers you have faced when trying to hire people with lived experience and/or what might be holding you back from doing so?

Cost / Lack of Resources to Support Staff Positions

Lack of Applicants with Lived Experience

Institutional Policy (i.e. background check requirements, hiring exclusions based on conviction, time since release, etc.)

Institutional Practice (i.e. stigma, preference for internal hires, avoidance of full time staff positions sustained by philanthropy only, etc.)

Corrections Policy (i.e. candidate would not be allowed in facilities, conditions of probation, etc.)

Other:

Are you open to follow up inquiries regarding answers you provided here?

Yes

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If you know of any other postsecondary education institutions that have hired people with lived experience that might be willing to share more information about their hiring, could you please list them and any contact information for them?

Would you like to sign up to receive news and updates about postsecondary education in prison from the Center for Justice & Economic Advancement?

Yes

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