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Show Herb Bornholdt: inmate works for MS degree trouble in 1955 and dropped out of school. He became addicted to heroin and used this along with a variety of other drugs until 1968. During this period he was arrested on 12 counts of forgery, five narcotics, two burglary, two armed robbery and one count of grand auto theft. In 1968 he wrote $13,000 worth of bad checks in Ogden, Utah and was subsequently apprehended in Lima, Peru. The Utah State Prison Pris-on is the f if tin penal institution in which he has been placed. Herb is taking 21 credit hours this quarter, 12 on campus and 9 by correspondence. His classes in clude business, health, English and a variety of other subjects. He spends every school day from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on campus without supervision. Transportation Transporta-tion is provided by another inmate who drives into town eveiy day on a work release. Being extremely extreme-ly interested in teenagers and specifically in the drug problem, he is thinking of going into some type of social work. Most significant signifi-cant are Herb's feelings about the rehabilitation programs at the prison and especially this one. He states, "You can do anything you want to out of here if you're determined enough. I'm proof." Herb Bornholdt, an inmate at the Utah State Prison, is attending the University on a fulltinie basis. Mr. Bornlisoldt is carrying 21 credit hours. BY CAROL EDISON STAFF WRITER An inmate at the Utah State Prison, is participating in a very unique rehabilitation program. Herb Bornholdt has been given the opportunity to further his education edu-cation by attending the University of Utah through a school release. After completing his high school education last spring through a rehabilitation program at the prison pris-on in connection with the Jordan School District, Mr. Bornholdt decided de-cided that he would like to go to college. He took the ACT test with the permission of prison officials, of-ficials, and received favorable results. re-sults. His next step was to draw up and submit a structure of the manner in which this program could work to the Board of Corrections. Cor-rections. Several professors from the University sponsored him and through the combined efforts of everyone involved, permission was granted and the program initiated this fall. The Office of Rehabilitation Services along with several similar simi-lar agencies are sponsoring this program. At present they are paying pay-ing for Mr. Bornholdt's tuition and books plus a weekly allowance allow-ance of $5. After release from prison, which should be in March of 1970, he will receive money for tuition and books, a clothing and transportation allowance and $120 for monthly living expenses. This service will continue until Herb receives the master's degree which he is planning to acquire. This type of program is a rarity. rari-ty. In fact, only twice before has anything of this type been tried in the U. S. In 1968, a man in the Oregon State Penitentiary was given permission to attend college while still in prison. Also, back east another inmate attended a trade school. Mr. Bornholdt said, "Many people say that this state is 10 years behind the time, but this proves that they are not." He says he feels quite honored to be the first convict at the "U". The other inmates at the penitentiary peniten-tiary are behind him. They want to see him succeed and hope to see the program expanded. Herb is originally from Pasadena, Pasa-dena, California where he got into |