Over 300 students, nearly a quarter of the school's enrollment, had voluntarily participated in the program at Rahway State Prison (now formally known as East Jersey State Prison), in which the students were given a hard look at the "physical and psychological brutality of prison life."
More than 300 students, roughly a quarter of the school's total student body, participated in a program at Rahway State Prison (now officially called East Jersey State Prison). The program provided students with an immersive experience of the physical and psychological challenges of prison life.