Why Boston Is Paying Ex-Gang Members To Go To College [CityLab.com]

Samantha Sangenito 6/5/174:00 AM

On a Tuesday in late May, Antonio Franklin sits in a makeshift classroom in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, ten years to the day after he stepped foot inside Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk to serve nine years for aggravated assault against a cop. Pencil in hand, he looks on as instructor Ismail Abdurrashid fills a whiteboard with algebra equations. A year ago, Franklin left prison. Now, at 31, he’s brushing up on high-school-level math with about a dozen other classmates, preparing to attend Bunker Hill Community College in the fall.

[For more of this story, written by Andrew Zaleski, go to https://www.citylab.com/crime/...o-to-college/529026/]

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