Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network
Terrell A. Blount, MPA, Executive Director
Unlocked Futures

Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN)’s mission is to promote the education and empowerment of formerly incarcerated people through collective community.
Year Founded: 2014
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN) is an international network of 1500 formerly incarcerated college graduates across 44 states and 10 countries.
FICGN works to achieve their mission by:
- Strengthening social networks of formerly incarcerated people
- Creating spaces for formerly incarcerated people to share and discuss ideas
- Changing social perceptions of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people
- Changing incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people’s views of themselves
- Promoting and supporting prison and post-prison education
- Demonstrating the value of our lived experience
- Advocating for criminal justice policy change
In the summer of 2014, a simple Facebook group marked the inception of the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN).
What began as a small online community quickly grew as individuals who shared a unique journey of transformation and education found a space to connect and support one another.

Terrell A. Blount, MPA
Executive Director