http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jail7apr07,1,3318108.story?coll=la-headlines-california
An L.A. County program offers GED, drug rehab and other classes. Recidivism drops.
By James Ricci, Times Staff Writer
Strictly speaking, the graduation exercise that took place on the fourth floor of Men's Central Jail last week wasn't much of a rite of passage since the graduates weren't going anywhere any time soon.
Nonetheless, the hourlong celebration in honor of 15 gay male inmates who had earned high school diplomas or GEDs, or completed 10-week courses in drug rehabilitation, anger management and life skills moistened as many eyes per capita as any traditional school commencement.