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Cory Gardner (left) discusses his interpretaion of a passage in the novel "White Noise," by Don DeLillo during class at the at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC) Monday, December 12, 2011, in Bonne Terre, Mo.  Gardner is one of 19 prisoners participating in the The Saint Louis University Prison Program which offers an Associates of Arts degree to both prison staff and people incarcerated in Missouri. "I know how unusual it is to get a post-secondary education in prison. I couldn't pass it up. I am in here for doing an unthinkable thing, and there are kids out there struggling to pay for college," said Gardner.  Gardner is in prison for 2nd degree murder. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Caption: Cory Gardner (left) discusses his interpretaion of a passage in the novel "White Noise," by Don DeLillo during class at the at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center (ERDCC) Monday, December 12, 2011, in Bonne Terre, Mo. Gardner is one of 19 prisoners participating in the The Saint Louis University Prison Program which offers an Associates of Arts degree to both prison staff and people incarcerated in Missouri. "I know how unusual it is to get a post-secondary education in prison. I couldn't pass it up. I am in here for doing an unthinkable thing, and there are kids out there struggling to pay for college," said Gardner. Gardner is in prison for 2nd degree murder. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com Album ID: 1386171 Photo ID: 39491544
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