¿Qué pasa cuando la universidad entra a la cárcel? En Argentina no es una rareza: 34 de las 70 universidades públicas sostienen programas en contextos de encierro, repartidos por 16 provincias. Una experiencia de una amplitud que no encuentra equivalente en casi ningún otro lugar del mundo.

En este episodio la recorremos con tres voces de trayectorias bien distintas. Diego Cepeda, abogado por la UBA, que conoció el Centro Universitario de Devoto estando detenido y terminó siendo parte del corazón del Grupo Universitario de Devoto. Isabella Paccio, trabajadora social y coordinadora del programa de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Y Ramiro Gual, docente e investigador que llegó al espacio universitario desde la defensa de los derechos humanos en la cárcel.

Juntes nos cuentan cómo se habitan estos espacios, por qué la autogestión estudiantil no es una falla sino una virtud, y qué tensiones los atraviesan: entre la lógica universitaria y la penitenciaria, entre la autonomía y las restricciones del sistema, entre el financiamiento que falta y la convicción que sobra. Hablamos también de la deuda pendiente -qué pasa con quienes egresan, después del encierro- y del avance sobre el cierre de Devoto, la primera cárcel del país con un programa universitario, allá por 1985.

Porque defender Devoto no es defender un edificio: es defender lo que se construyó, y lo que se sigue construyendo, ahí adentro durante cuarenta años.

Coproducido por Diana Deal, Natacha Guala, Eva Danielson y Quimey Martinez Magarzo. Música: "El Barrio", de Mariano "U-killa" Pérez. Un podcast del Proyecto Transparencia en Prisiones, con sede en la Universidad Carleton y financiado por el Consejo de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades de Canadá. Más info: prisontransparencyproject.com

ENLACES Y ARTÍCULOS

Música: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=fibww8NezEI&ra=m

Red Universitaria Nacional de Educación en Contextos de Encierro:

https://redunece.ar/

Articulos: University programmes and prison governance: insights from Argentina. Author: Ramiro Gual

https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/jpr/8/3/article-p305.xml

¿POR QUÉ VAN? TRAYECTORIAS, MOTIVACIONES Y PERCEPCIONES DE DOCENTES DE ABOGACÍA EN EL PROGRAMA EN CÁRCELES UBA XXII. Autores: RAMIRO GUAL y CLARA OLMOS:

https://www.derecho.uba.ar/publicaciones/revista-ceep/ediciones.php

Los efectos extendidos de hacer universidad en cárceles. Autores: Clara Olmos y Ramiro Gual:

https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/DelitoySociedad/es/article/view/15858

Libros:

Sozzo, M. (2012). Contra la degradación: La experiencia del Programa de Educación Universitaria en Prisiones, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. In M. Gutiérrez (Ed.), Lápices o rejas: Pensar la actualidad del derecho a la educación en contextos de encierro (pp. 41–64). Editores del Puerto.

Mothers Offering Mutual Support

In this third episode of Liberation Amplified, we are joined by Farhat, Gail, and Marge, three members of the group Mothers Offering Mutual Support (MOMS). We hear them speak about the origins of this group, its purpose and mission, the systemic barriers they face and observe daily, and also their accomplishments.

What began as a small circle of women carrying the weight of the correctional system, on their shoulders and in their hearts, has grown into a vital support network for mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, aunts, and wives.

Through monthly meetings, MOMs has created a safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space. A space where grief is understood, where burdens can be shared, and where no one must navigate the legal and correctional systems alone.

Beyond supporting families, MOMs has become a powerful voice for advocacy, pushing for court and bail reform, community-based diversion and treatment programs, humane living conditions, proper health care, and meaningful rehabilitation for prisoners.

For 16 years, this group has transformed isolation into solidarity and pain into action for countless families.

Important Links:

• Click here to learn more about MOMS
• Click here to listen to the fantastic podcast that MOMS has produced: The Prison Family Podcast
• Click here to listen to more episode of Liberation Amplified and to access full transcripts in English, French, and Spanish
• Click here to visit the Prison Transparency Project website
• PTP Social Media: Instagram, Facebook

In this second episode of Liberation Amplified, we return to the voices of Fran and Heather, two women who experienced incarceration at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. This episode continues our two-part series on the creation of the P4W Memorial Collective, narrated by Deeana Deal. Joining them is Natacha Guala, an Argentinian lawyer and researcher currently working as a postdoctoral fellow with the PTP.

We learn how, in the summer of 2015, more than a hundred people gathered on the grounds of the now-closed P4W for what was meant to be the final in a series of Healing Circles. For many, it reopened wounds — but it also sparked a collective purpose: to remember those who lived and died behind those walls and to ensure their stories would never fade away.

The P4W Memorial Collective emerged from that moment. For many of its members — including former prisoners Fran Chaisson, Laurel Klaus, Jackie Davis, and Ann Hansen — remembering became a shared act of resistance and care. Guided by Indigenous Elders and inspired by the concept of relational memory, the Collective transforms remembrance into community action — a way to challenge injustice and to honour those still facing harm within Canada’s prisons.

Through these voices, we explore how memory becomes a living form of resistance — a garden that continues to grow, carrying forward the strength, resilience, and creativity of incarcerated women across Canada.

Listen in, remember with us, and help keep these voices alive.

To learn more about the Collective and their important work, please visit https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/

In our first episode, we listen to Heather and Fran, two women who experienced incarceration at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. Guided by Deeana Deal — advocate, researcher, law student, and consultant with the Prison Transparency Project — we explore how incarceration shapes women’s lives, relationships, and communities.

These are stories of sisterhood, pain, organizing, and resistance. Listen, stay with us, and help amplify these voices and their struggles.

Visit https://p4wmemorialcollective.com/ to learn more about the members, history, and work of the P4W Memorial Collective.