

College Behind Bars
2019-11-25 · 60 min / episode · ★ 6.5
Explore the transformative power of education through the eyes of a dozen incarcerated men and women trying to earn college degrees – and a chance at new beginnings – from one of the country’s most rigorous prison education programs.
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- United States of America
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