The Chillicothe Correctional Center in Missouri has a preference for what it calls its incarcerated women: students.
One of them is 44-year-old Aleicia Nolan-Jones. Her story of becoming a college graduate has been a long journey.“In an instant, I went from being a 23-year-old college student and mother of three to offender #1088317,” she said.
Nolan-Jones was ultimately sentenced to 25 years in prison, convicted of second-degree murder, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action for using her car as a weapon, she said. She felt “demoralized,” having gone from aspiring to help people as a nurse to heading to prison for taking a life.
Chillicothe Correctional uses Securus Technologies, a communications firm serving thousands of department of corrections facilities across the country , to deploy its educational services. “That’s why our platform and the access our tablets provide to education are so important. Our tablets transform facilities from technology deserts to modernized, digital environments.”, from community colleges to Ivy League, that provide education to correctional facilities.
“Because with higher education, there are so many exponential byproducts of that. When it comes to the college campus, they learn soft skills. They grow more confident. They fellowship with people who are like-minded. Then they just grow, they mature and eventually, you know, that impostor syndrome that they have diminishes over time.”Carrie Crowe, 33, was introduced to drugs at an early age.
“It’s life-changing. So powerful,” Crowe said. “I want to get out and possibly open up my own business. My dad’s getting old. He's about to be retiring. So I’d like to maybe go home and start a family business with him. I’m really into motorcycles and bikes, and I kind of want to possibly open up a little shop doing that.”
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