This is an inspiring story about the power of education to transform peoples’ lives. It is worth listening to the audio for the mini-interviews of the graduates of the program. There is unfortunately not that much hope that the program can be widely replicated and no conclusive data that the program addresses recidivism rates, but the individual stories are moving.

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/20/137176620/inside-san-quentin-inmates-go-to-college