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Pravin Visakan: UCLA should offer college degree program for prison inmates

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With sleepless nights, budding caffeine addictions and obscure curricula, a college education at UCLA might seem more like a punitive measure than anything else. However, a college degree represents increased opportunity and can further one’s potential for employment and self-fulfillment – especially for those who need it most, namely, prison inmates.

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Pravin Visakan: UCLA should offer college degree program for prison inmates

By Pravin Visakan

April 5, 2017 9:28 p.m.