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On Monday April 27th, 2026 NPDL.org stages a prison labor debate behind the walls. The prestigious Fulton Debating Society of Boston College travels to a Connecticut state prison, Cheshire CI, to challenge the undefeated T.R.U.E. Unit debate team. Academic analysis versus lived experience-whose perspectives will prevail? Tune in and find out for yourself. Just use this…
On Wednesday April 8th, 2026 the Monmouth University Debate Hawks are joining the League! NPDL.org welcomes another great university partner to our amazing network of debate coaches and teams. Monmouth Coach Joe Patten and his squad are generously traveling from New Jersey to York Correctional Institution (CI) in Niantic, Connecticut to debate the…
NPDL.org stages yet another historic event! Tune-in and watch the Harvard Debate Council and The Convictionists intellectually collide behind the walls of Maine State Prison on Wednesday April 8th, 2026. The Convictionists feature an integrated NPDL cohort of residents and a Maine correctional officer. All cohort members spent twelve weeks learning and growing together equally…