Convicts Earn College Degrees Behind Prison Walls
Jerome Smith and 20 inmates at Southern Michigan prison earned associate degrees in general studies and arts and sciences through an extension program at Jackson community college. The nation’s first convict graduation behind bars marks a landmark in inmate education as the program, started in 1967, serves over 800 students with 107 classes and offers certificates in bookkeeping, electrical service, electronics, drafting and mechanics.
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Smith
Insurance Firm Shifts Doctors Coverage to Pay as You Go
St Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co., a leading malpractice underwriter, will stop selling its current coverage on June 30 and replace it with a pay as you go plan based on each state’s past and present claim experience. The move follows losses from reserves and high overhead, with premiums likely higher despite expected cost declines. The firm notes rising negligence laws, jury award inflation, and uncertain future costs prevent accurate pricing under the old occurrence policy.
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Washington
UPI
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co
St. Paul
Poll Shows Louisiana Students Seek More Sex Education
Two thirds of Louisiana college students say they received insufficient sex education and 75 percent want more. Millard Bienvenu surveyed 917 students with 85 percent favoring high school sex education. More than 60 percent can talk openly with parents, but only 22 percent learned from them, mainly from mothers. Other sources include friends, partners, books, magazines, and movies.
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Natchitoches, la
UPI
Louisiana
Northwestern State University
Journal of the Louisiana Teachers Assn
Millard Bienvenu
Burglar pair wrecks door and safe at furniture shop
Police seek two burglars after they forced entry to Ciarlo Furniture Refinishing Co. damaged the back door and time lock, robbed $4,000, and left behind a loaf crust and pieces of salami.
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San Francisco
UPI
Ciarlo Furniture Refinishing Co
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