Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.
Kenny Butler and Daniel Duron worked toward their degrees while in prison. Their journey could become more common with Pell grants becoming available to incarcerated people.
A student who has been incarcerated for more than 10 years delivers a graduation speech about forgiveness, perseverance and making the most of a future he sees as rich with potential.
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Writing a graduation speech is a tricky task. Should you be funny, or sincere? Tell a story or offer advice? For Yusef Pierce, a graduating senior in California, the job of putting together his public address was a bit more challenging. Being inside, I can t really refer to other graduation speeches, Pierce says. He s speaking by phone from inside the California Rehabilitation Center, a medium-security prison in Norco. I was just trying to come up with what sounded like a graduation speech.
He is the first person to graduate with a bachelor s degree from the Inside-Out program at Pitzer College, a liberal arts school outside Los Angeles. In a normal year, the school would bring traditional students by bus to the prison to take classes alongside the students who are in prison.
Writing a graduation speech is a tricky task. Should you be funny, or sincere? Tell a story â or offer advice? For Yusef Pierce, a graduating senior in California, the job of putting together his public address was a bit more challenging. Being inside, I can t really refer to other graduation speeches, Pierce says. He s speaking by phone from inside the California Rehabilitation Center, a medium-security prison in Norco. I was just trying to come up with what sounded like a graduation speech.
He is the first person to graduate with a bachelor s degree from the Inside-Out program at Pitzer College, a liberal arts school outside Los Angeles. In a normal year, the school would bring traditional students by bus to the prison to take classes alongside the students who are in prison.