CONNELL, Wash. (AP) — A $140,000 grant will maintain college classes until next year at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center at Connell.
The Tri-City Herald reports the money comes from the Sunshine Lady Foundation, operated by Doris Buffett, sister of billionaire Warren Buffett.
Without the grant, the program would have ended in September. Department of Corrections officials hope a federal grant will be reinstated in 2012 to continue the classes.
Prison’s education director Loretta Taylor says about 100 prisoners could earn AA degrees next year.
