Grand Canyon University students experience prison reentry challenges firsthand
Grand Canyon University undergraduate student George Nolan helped bring his organization, New Freedom, to campus Tuesday for a simulation of how difficult it is for incarcerated people to reenter society after release. Nolan, a former inmate, is a marketing and outreach director for New Freedom, which assists released inmates in Phoenix.
New Freedom Chief Clinical Officer Katherine Nisbet outlines the goals students need to achieve during a reentry simulation used to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
Freshman Emma Price studies her profile sheet during a reentry simulation with New Freedom. The simulation is used to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
Representatives from New Freedom man stations for students to navigate during a reentry simulation designed to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
Sophomore Taylor Ford tries to complete a task during a reentry simulation by New Freedom. The simulation is designed to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
Freshman Disaiya Turner reacts after finding out from a New Freedom representative that she has to return to jail for a second time during a reentry simulation presented by New Freedom. March 24, 2026.
GCU students and faculty wait in a jail area during a New Freedom-led reentry simulation. March 24, 2026.
Freshman Emma Price reacts as she is unable to complete a task during a reentry simulation helmed by New Freedom. March 24, 2026.
Freshman Emma Price reacts as she is unable to complete a task during a reentry simulation helmed by New Freedom. March 24, 2026.
Representatives from New Freedom man stations for students to navigate during a reentry simulation designed to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
New Freedom Director of Marketing and Outreach George Nolan talks with freshman Disaiya Turner as she sits in the jail area during a reentry simulation. The event sheds light on the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
New Freedom Clinical Supervisor Meghan Ramirez (center) helps process students through the court system during a reentry simulation event that sheds light on the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
Former inmate Josh Johnson shares his story with students in the jail area during a reentry simulation led by New Freedom. The simulation shows the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
New Freedom Director of Marketing and Outreach George Nolan, who was incarcerated for 17 years, talks with GCU students in the jail area during a reentry simulation. March 24, 2026.
Josh Johnson shows students his state ID card from the Arizona Department of Corrections, issued to him after his release from jail. He was part of a reentry simulation led by New Freedom to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
New Freedom Chief Clinical Officer Katherine Nisbet congratulates students on completing a reentry simulation used to show the challenges incarcerated people face when reentering society. March 24, 2026.
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