By Susan Winlow

Solano Community College staff is seeking approval Wednesday of an agreement between the college and California State Prison, Solano, for a long-distance learning program to help inmates earn higher education degrees.

The prison currently works with more than 30 colleges that offer inmates the chance to earn two-year associate degrees. The partnership with Solano College has been on the table for about three years. Several concerns kept the partnership from moving forward.

It’s been a long time coming, said Kenya Williams, superintendent of the correctional educational program, in a previous interview. Williams said she started working with the college about three years ago in an effort to allay concerns about how the program would work.

via Solano College eyes agreement with Vacaville prison Daily Republic.