National Prison Debate League Blog
NPDL’s 1st Community Team Wins Big at NCA
NPDL recently worked in partnership with the American Debate Association, the American Forensic Association, and Boston College’s Fulton Debating Society to stage our first public debate event at the National Communication Association’s 109th Annual Convention. We proudly forwarded a co-ed team of formerly incarcerated students from 3 different states to make the case for prison voting rights…
The Origins of NPDL.org
At the beginning of my incarceration within the Massachusetts state prison system access to postsecondary educational opportunities were mostly nonexistent. Educational attainment was capped at the high school diploma/GED level, so possession of such credentials meant the doors to advanced learning were solidly closed. My peers and I creatively used an existing program platform (Toastmasters)…