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🌱 How UMBC’s new prison education plan could impact Sykesville inmates

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  • How UMBC's new prison education plan could impact Sykesville inmates

Also on today's calendar: Grand Opening of TroneHealth Primary Care & Wellness Center in Owings Mills, MD and 9 more events.

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📰 News we're reading

• 2026 Incarcerated Students Are The Focus Of A Program Being Developed By UMBC Toward Offering Higher Education (umbc.edu) — Incarcerated people at the Central Maryland Correctional Facility in Sykesville could soon gain access to UMBC-led college-level courses and certificate pathways in fields like data science and project management. Backed by a new University System of Maryland grant, UMBC is planning a yearlong effort with local partners, including Carroll Community College, to design a long-term prison education program.
   

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