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Incarcerated women make history after earning bachelor's degrees from Northwestern University — Libertyville Schools news

A group of 18 women became the first incarcerated students in the United States to earn bachelor's degrees from a Top 10 university through Northwestern University's Prison Education Program at the Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center.

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