Ready to Enroll?

FEPPS is open to all residents at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, WA.

No students are excluded from FEPPS classrooms based on sentence length, security level, age or past education experience. Students pay no tuition or fees towards their degree. At this time, we do not offer classes at any other facilities.

Students must meet two eligibility requirements:

1. All students must have a high school diploma or GED. If a prospective applicant has not yet finished their high school equivalency degree, FEPPS can connect them to GED programming at WCCW.

2. Students must have at least one year remaining on their sentence OR remain at WCCW long enough to complete one college class. Since many new students begin in college preparatory classes, they must have enough time to complete a credit-bearing course.
   

Students are admitted once a year in the fall.

Every year, FEPPS admits a new cohort of AA students. Interested applicants must attend an info session, meet with a current student and professor, and complete a placement assessment. Most students begin in Math and English preparatory classes. Students waiting to enroll are welcome to attend FEPPS’ many extracurricular groups, including Critical Inquiry and the film and lecture series.

Students are held to the same standards as students on traditional college campuses.

FEPPS is a program for those who desire to learn, become a college student, think critically for themselves, and support themselves and others throughout the process. We believe that education can be transformative for individuals, the institutions where they reside and the broader community, leading to new ways of viewing self, society, incarceration, punishment, and justice. For these reasons, FEPPS students consistently ask that professors maintain their usual policies around attendance, participation, exams and due dates.

Are you or a loved one ready to enroll with FEPPS?

Residents of WCCW can contact the Academic Program Manager via Kiosk or Distro Box #38 to be added to the next info session.

Looking for additional resources on earning a college degree in prison?

FEPPS is unable to offer instruction or resources to learners incarcerated in other facilities or states. We encourage you to use the National Directory of Higher Education Program in Prison compiled by Prison Studies Program to find resources in your region. If you are looking for correspondence courses, Adams State University and Ohio University have AA and BA programs available, for a fee, to incarcerated students.