# @georgetownuniversity on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ71jAqO8eb
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-22T00:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Georgetown University (@georgetownuniversity) — https://gondola.cc/georgetownuniversity

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Tyrone Walker used to sit in his jail cell with a dictionary across his lap, studying. Outside the bars, he’d hear fellow incarcerated men joking, a TV blaring, keys jangling. He’d keep his head down and continue reading for Georgetown’s Prison Scholars Program, which offers classes taught by Georgetown professors inside the DC Jail.

On May 15, after spending four years holed up in his office studying at night, Walker graduated from georgetownscs with a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies.

He is the first program participant in the university’s Prisons and Justice Initiative (georgetownpji) to graduate with a degree from Georgetown. PJI, founded in 2016, offers access to education and employment for current and formerly incarcerated men and women.

“Nobody embodies PJI’s mission, values and programs better than Tyrone Walker,” said PJI Director Marc Howard. “He has proven that people can overcome their worst mistakes, and that with education, professional training and compassion, incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people can achieve tremendous success. I can’t wait to see him continue his journey while helping and inspiring others along the way.”

Walker is the director of reentry services for PJI. He provides support for incarcerated individuals reentering society. For Walker, his education means more than his own accomplishment.

“This is a big moment not just for me but for the population we serve,” he said. “They see somebody who came from the same population who has done it.”

Walker doesn’t plan to stop with his bachelor’s. In a few weeks, he’ll start class in the McCourt School of Public Policy to earn his master’s in policy management.

“When I started learning and started getting it, I told myself I was never going to let it go,” he said.

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