Prison inmates are ineligible for Pell Grants under a 1994 law, but some sex offenders are exploiting a loophole to pay for correspondence courses upon transferring to treatment facilities. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla, is outraged by this use of limited college resources “while hardworking young people from lower-class families are flipping hamburgers to pay for college.”

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