New Mexico Jail-Based Charter School is First of its Kind in the US

Weekly Alibi | July 29, 2008
Named for a man who worked to promote literacy and education in the jail (and who wore a Santa suit during Christmas family days there), the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center aims to graduate some of the estimated 40 percent of inmates without diplomas.

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