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While college students were just getting started on their semester studies this fall, five young men were celebrating the successful completion of a DePaul University statistics class held at Cook County Jail. Sugary treats and soda were on hand in the cinder-block classroom at the jail, to celebrate the work of the men in the Department of Corrections beige.

For 15 weeks this summer, Yosef Mendelsohn, senior professional lecturer at DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media, taught the data analysis course where, upon completion, the students received four academic credits.

For nearly a decade, DePaul students have learned beside Cook County Jail detainees as part of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, which brings together college

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