UW sees first incarcerated bachelor’s degree graduates since 1975

By: Andrew Kennard

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 19, 2026

Words: 450

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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This year’s college graduates include the first incarcerated students to be awarded bachelor’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin System in over 50 years, according to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

“I would say education is the best rehabilitation there is,” said student Christobal Guerrero-Kresovich, according to the department’s press release. “It trumps anything that anyone could do inside the prison system.”

Guerrero-Kresovich lives at the Thompson Correctional Center and works a job in …

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