It91裸聊视频檚 not every day that a student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) takes a course inside a jail.

Once a year, KPU offers ARTS 3200: Inside- Out, which is taught inside the Surrey Pretrial Services Centre in Surrey. Surrey Pretrial is a remand centre for inmates awaiting trial or sentencing related to criminal charges and anywhere from 400 to 500 people are incarcerated there at any given time.

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Luca Santamaria took the class in 2022 and said it was incredible.

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The course teaches students to examine how they communicate and how that can affect their relationships- both positively or negatively.

Dr. Wade Deisman, a KPU criminology instructor and Inside Out organizer said the program is guided by the belief that society is strengthened when more people have access to higher education.

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Students are selected through an application and interview process and receive six university credits upon completion.

The course is taught by instructors from various disciplines. Journalism instructor Lubna Moosa and criminology instructor Michael Ma are leading the 2024 course.

The idea for the Inside Out program came from Lori Pompa, who started it in 1997 at Temple University in Philadelphia. Since then, universities across the globe have offered the course. KPU was the first Canadian university to offer the Inside Out program in 2011.

-With files from Tom Zytaruk