SENIOR PROJECT OVERVIEW

DIRECTIONS: Explain each area in 35 to 50 words.

Name: _____Katrina Hughes______________________________________________

Title of Project: __Life Behind Bars___

Title of Research Paper: _____A Life Sentence_______________________________

Synopsis of Research Paper:

Prison overcrowding, according to former POTUS Barack Obama is one of the nation's largest problems
in America. My research paper goes through why this is such a large problem facing America, what its
effects are, and how we as a nation can fix it.

Project Description:

My project was held at the Advanced Technology Center at Tidewater Community College in class room
H160 where I held an interactive seminar with a key guest speaker (a police officer with expert
knowledge in the field), a brief powerpoint and speech given by me, an online game/quiz created on
Kahoot.it and a facebook live audience as well as in person guests. There were refreshments and pizza
provided as well.

Relationship between Project and Paper:

I specifically asked CPO Jim McElligott to come and speak at my event because I knew he would be the
best fit to relay what my research paper was all about to my audience. This seminar was a way to spread
public knowledge on the issue of prison overcrowding, and it accomplished just that.

My background experience in the area:

As a student in the Legal Studies Academy, I have a hand of background experience visiting local jails
and speaking with law enforcement officers that I would otherwise not have been able to if I were not in
the academy. This gave me inspiration to join the Youth Police Academy as an internship where I was
able to grow an even broader realm of knowledge regarding our nation's prison systems and laws.
Special things Id like judges to consider and look for:

I would like the judges to consider how much these projects have allowed each student to grow and how
great of an academy we have here at First Colonial.