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...There are success stories, but the GED is not the most important thing. We try to encourage their desire to learn," says Bryant. "We, in turn, get to see how the criminal justice system works from the inside...
Bryant, a senior, is the leader of a Phillips Brooks House group that goes to the Deer Island minimum-security facility to tutor inmates hoping to pass the Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED). The GED, which covers math, English, science and social studies, offers the equivalent of a high school diploma--and, for many prisoners, a one-way ticket out of a life of crime...
Some of the prisoners use the time with tutors as a distraction, says Jimmy, a sandy-haired prisoner who got his GED last year. "A lot of guys really work at getting the GED, but a lot just want to get out of the cell," Jimmy says...
Ryder says he would like to have programs at Billerica for the small number of prisoners who have advanced past the GED, but he says that "most of the people who could fall into that category pass quickly through the system anyway and become classified for education or work release." Ryder says that when given a choice, most prisoners have to work because of money...
Many inmates say they find the tutoring quite helpful. "It's real good program I've already received my GED, and I'm just brushing up a little bit before I get on into college," says...