LOS LUNAS — Richard Lewis will be released from prison in two weeks after a four-year bid for forging treasury bonds. In that time, he’s earned nearly half of the credits he needs for a college degree.

Now, Lewis will have to be in a classroom for less than a year to get a college degree, and said he owes his progress to an educational program run by the New Mexico Corrections Department.

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