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My name is Heather Jarvis, and this is called "Appetite for Academia."  According to the National Reentry Resource Center and the Vera Institute of Justice, at least 95 percent of incarcerated people will be released from prison at some point. By the time some of them are, two-thirds of job postings will require some level of college education. What does that mean for me as an inmate? It means I need an education. I'm serving a 10-year sentence, the odds are stacked against me, I'm a violent offender.  I came into prison with a diploma and earnest eagerness to change the trajectory of my life. I want this time to mean something. Here I am, seven years into my sentence, still on the waitlist for college courses. The prison system won't let me go, they send me and tell me I have too much time, tell me I'm on the list, tell me anything to shut me up. I won't shut up, I won't be quiet, and I won't accept it.  The program offered through Sinclair was [inaudible] Vera's study. Upon reading it, I was hurt to know th