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Ronald Leftwich arguing for the Norfolk Prison Debating Society during a debate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017. Daniel Throop, center, looks on.
Life Inside June 7, 2018
The Inside Story of a Legendary Prison Debate Team
Our victories over college students weren’t just for us—they were for incarcerated people everywhere.
By Daniel S. Throop
Michelle Jones, center, works on a housing policy proposal at Indiana Women’s Prison with Andrew Falk, left, a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, and Natalie Medley.
Commentary September 14, 2017
The Taxpayers and Michelle Jones
How her prison education saved us a million bucks
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Michelle Jones was incarcerated in Indiana for more than two decades and was released last month. In a breathtaking feat of rehabilitation, Jones has become a published scholar of American history and an author of plays.
Feature September 13, 2017
From Prison to Ph.D.: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones
In prison for 20 years, Michelle was chosen for Harvard's elite graduate history program. Then she was unchosen.
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