They are attending the Kenai Peninsula's newest public school, Spring Creek High, in Seward. Prison high school looks a lot like prison. Classes are conducted in a concrete communal area called a mod. Inmates in tan prison coveralls, sometimes accented by gold watches, necklaces or new Nikes, work at metal tables and chairs bolted to the floor to prevent them from becoming weapons if a fight breaks out. Despite all that, the school maintains a classroom atmosphere.
Some students bow their heads over books while others talk to teachers leaning over the tables.
For the inmates, this a last shot at a high school diploma. Stark works on an English lesson. Inmate students are given a chance to earn high school diplomas to either help them after their release or to help them adjust better to life in prison. Spring Creek High School is likely to become a unique boarding school for up to 50 prisoners under 20, officials say The triangular mod, two stories tall, is a brightly lit gymnasiumlike room. Cells line two of the white walls.