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College financial aid for predators riles some
Those who go from prisons to treatment centers qualify for federal money


MADISON, Wis. - James Sturtz is not your ordinary college student struggling to pay tuition.

The 48-year-old rapist is one of Iowa's most dangerous sex offenders, locked up in a state-run treatment center for fear he will attack again if released. Yet he has received thousands of dollars in federal aid to take college courses through the mail.

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[Ed.--not offering this as evidence of a good or bad idea, but rather as an example of the type of news story that might lead to legislation]
 
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Yet, we struggle to get loan repayment for public prosecutors and defenders. Go figure.
 
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Is there real evidence that educating long-term prisoners benefits society? Maybe it just makes smarter criminals.
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