CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — In less than 15 minutes, Michael Mariscal validated why a team of officials at Cal Poly Humboldt have spent more than three years trying to set up the first bachelor’s degree program at a maximum-security prison in California. At the end of a class in persuasive speaking, Mariscal was tasked with […] The post It used to be a notoriously violent prison. Now it’s home to a first-of-its kind education program appeared first on The Hechinger Report.