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Pitt Law professor David Harris has been teaching for more than 30 years. He writes in a first-person essay that several years teaching classes at the state prison in Waynesburg has introduced him to some of the sharpest students of his career.

“The issue is not a lack of ability; rather, they were not given the chance to learn that the rest of us had,” Harris writes.

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The most moving graduation I attended was in prison
He writes that education is the key to reducing recidivism — an incarcerated person who is released with a new diploma or skill is less likely to be arrested again.
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