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Three officials standing together, holding papers and listening attentively in a well-lit room. — Amy L. Solomon, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Amy Loyd, Assistant Secretary, Office of Career Technical and Adult Education and Colette S. Peters, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons participate in a site visit to Federal Correctional Institute in Milan, MI.

Inside a federal prison in Milan, Michigan, students are seizing new educational opportunities, transforming their futures and reshaping their community.

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