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Criminology associate professor leads prisoner reentry and recidivism course

Jessica Grosholz speaks to prisoners at the Sarasota County Correctional facility

Jessica Grosholz, PhD speaks to prisoners at the Sarasota County Correctional Facility. (Photo courtesy @SarasotaSheriff/Twitter)

Students within the Department of Criminology's Prisoner Reentry and Recidivism course made their final presentations in the Reentry Pod of the Sarasota County Correctional Facility. Jessica Grosholz, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Criminology on the Sarasota-Manatee campus, leads the 16-week program. According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the presentations given at the end of the program have led to changes within their facility in the past.

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