Incarcerated Oregon Youth Graduate with Diplomas, Licenses and Degrees

Incarcerated Oregon youth graduate with diplomas, licenses and degrees

When Joy Koenig first began her role as the principal of Three Lakes High School and Riverside High School in 2016, the schools offered two vocational programs — a drug and alcohol prevention program and a work crew program. Since…

Hear one man’s 18-year journey to get his GED while locked up in Illinois prisons

Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education.The nearly two decades in between tell a story of bureaucratic barriers, arbitrary rules, and one man's refusal to give up earning his education.It’s not unusual for people locked up in the Illinois Department of Corrections to wait years to get into programming, such as GED or college classes. That’s especially true for p…

Incarcerated Oregon youth graduate with diplomas, licenses and degrees - Salem Reporter

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Hear one man’s 18-year journey to get his GED while locked up in Illinois prisons – Usa news

Juan Hernandez was a teenager when he was sentenced to prison. He was 32 when he finally completed his high school education. The nearly two decades in between tell a story of bureaucratic barriers, arbitrary rules, and one man’s refusal to give up earning his education. It’s not unusual for people locked up in the Illinois Department of Corrections to wait years to get into programming, such as GED or college classes. That’s especially true for…