Prisoners in maximum-security jail undertaking college courses beat Ivy League students who had won a national title only months agoMonths after winning a national title,Harvard’s debate team has fallen to a group of New York prison inmates.
The showdown took status at the Eastern Correctional Facility in New York, a maximum-security prison where convicts can retract courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard college, and where inmates have formed a popular debate club. final month they invited the Ivy League undergraduates and this year’s national debate champions over for a friendly competition.
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Source: theguardian.com