Rebecca Janowitz stood on the podium, surveying the crowd of judges, probation officers and family members gathered in a large meeting room at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse.
“This is a virtual high school, but this is a real graduation,” said Janowitz, director of re-entry policy at the Cook County Jail, and the crowd quieted down.
Moments later, the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” filled the room as the students shuffled slowly up the aisle in black robes as their friends and relatives turned to watch the procession.
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