By Peter Rosen
KSL
DRAPER — In high school gyms and auditoriums, seniors all over the country have collected their diplomas and celebrated the future. But the students that graduated Wednesday in Draper are what you’d call non-traditional — and “future” is something that isn’t a given.
The class of 2013 at the Utah State Prison paraded beneath barbed wire under the watch of a SWAT team.
“It’s probably one of the best days of my life so far,” said inmate and graduate Brittany Haynes. Matthew Thompson: I feel actually pretty blessed today.”
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