Auburn University’s Kyes Stevens Honored For Prison Education Program That Changes Lives
By Amy Weaver, Auburn University
Kyes Stevens has been a part of educating some 5,000 students since 2002, and they’ve all been the epitome of nontraditional.
In fact, they’ve all been prisoners or inmates with the Alabama Department of Corrections.
“Prisons are complicated,” Stevens said. “All kinds of people are there. Whatever their circumstance, I assume they want to learn. They want a better future and have dreams and goals.
“Their situation doesn’t mean we should stop treating them like human beings.”
Stevens has never asked what her students did to land behind bars. It has never mattered to her and it never will.
“They want to learn. That’s it,” she said.
For her work as founder and director of the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project at Auburn University, Stevens was recognized with the Award for Excellence in Faculty Outreach at the 2018 Faculty Awards.
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