Incarcerated graduate Gerald Massey listens to a speech during his graduation ceremony at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, Calif., Thursday, May 25.
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The graduates lined up, brushing off their gowns and adjusting classmates’ tassels and stoles. As the graduation march played, the 85 men appeared to hoots and cheers from their families. They marched to the stage – one surrounded by barbed wire fence and constructed by fellow prisoners.