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Of the women who will receive certificates Tuesday, 46 have already been released from prison, according to Sinclair.
Sinclair began offering post-secondary programming to incarcerated individuals in 1987 at the DCI. There are nearly 1,351 students enrolled in Sinclair programs in seven Ohio prisons, according to the school.
Sinclair’s prison program costs around $1.75 million to operate and a majority of the funding is provided by the state, Sinclair chief of staff Adam Murka has said. Some inmates take the credits they earned in prison and put them toward a degree after they are released, Murka said, though there is no estimate on how many continue to pursue an education.
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