NPDL Stages Historic Officer-Integrated Prison Debate Team

Harvard vs. The Convictionists Promo

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…

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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…

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