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Unlocking education for the incarcerated

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How do you do distance learning in a place with no Internet? You go old-school.      A surge in COVID-19 cases paused Clark College’s programs at Larch Corrections Center in early January. The minimum-security prison had its first positive COVID-19 test in late December. Only a week later, 218 of those incarcerated —about 70 percent of the prison’s residency—had tested positive for COVID.  An…

Creating new futures at Larch

graduate at Larch Corrections holds diploma

Clark College’s program at local correctional facility graduates a record number of GED students      Every year, just a day or two before Clark College’s commencement ceremony, Clark College President Bob Knight and other college leaders attend a smaller ceremony at Larch Corrections Center to celebrate graduates of the college’s GED preparation program there.…

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