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. Story
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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. -
Freshman Caleb Peppler reacts as he is sent to jail during a reentry simulation led by New Freedom. 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.
