In every state prison in Tennessee, you'll find a school. Its like any other regular school you'd walk into; books, desks, chalk/dry-erase boards. And like the rest of Tennessee's schools, TDOC's facility-based schools are fully accredited by the Tennessee Department of Education. Unlike traditional schools, its a little more than simple reading, writing and arithmetic - the stakes are higher in terms of what it means to pass or fail. In Part 1 of this episode, we talk to Principal of the Education Department at the Northeast Correctional Complex about the mission and strategy of TDOC's education system, and how he, a former college drop-out himself, is now working to lead men into better, more productive lives.