BALTIMORE — Five men in graduation caps and gowns filed into front-row seats to cheers and applause. As University of Baltimore faculty sang the men’s praises, large loops of barbed wire were just visible through windows bookending the podium. It was graduation day. Time to celebrate earning bachelor’s degrees in what their valedictorian called the “worst environment possible”: prison. The .
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Two students earned their University of Baltimore diplomas on May 24 after taking classes from within Jessup Correctional Institution as part of a program set to expand services.
Two students earned their University of Baltimore diplomas Wednesday after taking classes from within Jessup Correctional Institution as part of a program set to expand services.
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