Jason Marks, 48, remembers sitting in a prison cell and thinking to himself: “Is this it? Am I going to die in prison?” Marks hit a turning point when he was transferred to East Moline Correctional Center. There, he learned about a program that could grant him a bachelor’s degree through Augustana College in Rock Island. Marks applied and got in. Now out of prison, Marks credits the program for giving him a chance at a different path.