Arizona Transformation Project (ATP)
History of the ATP
The Arizona Transformation Project (ATP) is a learning community made up of incarcerated individuals, ASU faculty, and graduate students. Together, members work within their respective prison units to advance the Center for Correctional Solutions’ mission of enhancing the lives of people living and working inside correctional facilities.
The ATP began in 2016 at the Arizona State Prison Complex - Florence following the first Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course offered in Arizona. After completing the course, the inside students and facilitators felt there was still more to be done and chose to continue the partnership beyond the classroom. Their commitment to shared learning, discussion, and action laid the foundation for what became ATP. The founding members of the ATP consisted of 5 incarcerated men, 1 ASU faculty member, and 1 graduate student.
Founding members of the Arizona Transformation Project - 2016
The ATP Today
In 2019, a women’s community of the ATP was established at the Arizona State Prison Complex Perryville in Goodyear Arizona and currently consists of 8 incarcerated women, 1 ASU faculty member, and 2 graduate students. In 2023, following the closure of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence, the men’s community of the ATP was reestablished at Red Rock Correctional Center in Eloy Arizona and currently consists of 8 incarcerated men, 1 ASU faculty member and 2 graduate students.
Today these groups collectively act as the guiding bodies of all work related to the POINT Model. Incarcerated members of each group are known as “ASU Ambassadors” at their units and support in research, program development and facilitation, and general consultation on all POINT Model work.
Current ATP at Red Rock - 2025
Current ATP at Perryville - 2024
