Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-not-to-let-mistakes-define-you Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story We recently reported on the prison initiative of Bard College, a selective school currently running degree programs in five New York prisons. Skeptics of prison reform should take note of one Anthony Cardenales, a former inmate who did 17 years for homicide. He earned a bachelor’s degree through the program, and is working his way up the management ladder at an electronics recycling company.