UC Irvine experiment helps prisoners and professors feel hope
UC Irvine experiment helps prisoners and professors feel hope
- June 14, 2026
- Keramet Reiter, criminology, law and society and CPIP, and David John Frank, sociology, share experiences with The Orange County Register
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“I was getting good grades; really good grades, actually. And I began to reorient myself around education, said Kelly McLeod, 38, a 2024 graduate, summa cum laude, from the UCI program at Donovan known as “LIFTED.” … “I really think we are in the beginning of this,” said Keramet Reiter, a UCI criminologist who started and still oversees the school’s LIFTED program. … David Frank, a sociology professor and chair of UCI’s sociology department said his students also are what teachers dream about: motivated, disciplined, smart.
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