Hope College to soon offer four-year degrees to Muskegon prisoners

Western Theological Seminary and Hope College are working together to giver inmates at the Muskegon Correctional Facility the opportunity to get a 4-year degree.

The Hope-Western Prison Education Program began as a pilot in March 2019 as they offered cohorts of 20 inmates noncredit courses.

Officials say they are ready to transition into the degree-granting phase of then program.

Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Chris Gautz says education is a great tool when trying to reduce recidivism rates.

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