"More than 450 prisoners are housed inside Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, about an hour drive from Chicago, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Inside the men's maximum security prison, in a couple of rooms filled with desks and chalkboards, is the country's only bachelor's degree-granting program for incarcerated students offered by a Top 10 university."
"It all hasn't hit me yet, still. I know it's a great thing, it's a great feeling," one of the graduates, Taurean Decatur, told the Tribune recently at Stateville. "It's one of the best feelings of my life, like I did it. I wish I could put it on a T-shirt."
Experts believe similar educational offerings could reduce recidivism rates and save taxpayers money statewide.
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