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Shannon Ross manages The Community, a nonprofit that puts out the most widely read anti–mass incarceration publication in the Wisconsin prison system. Through its STEM from Concrete Initiative program, The Community promotes and provides STEM educational opportunities for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals.
One man’s struggle to earn a degree while incarcerated shows how far tough-on-crime policies go to prevent prisoners from having a second chance.
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