Initiative allows inmates to work toward law degree while behind bars

Fred de Sam Lazaro:

For her group, the next step is opening a law firm, which would employ, among others, graduates of its prison legal education program.

It could be a destination for Jeff Young and Maureen Onyelobi after law school, and, they can only hope, after successful appeals for commuted sentences.

For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Fred de Sam Lazaro in Shakopee, Minnesota.

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