Jed Brewster had big dreams when he enrolled at a community college near Boise, Idaho. He had hoped to one day be a speechwriter and work on political campaigns. Thanks to the help of student loans, he was able to begin pursuing a degree in criminal justice.
But Brewsters dreams were put on hold. In 2010, he was convicted of a crime and sent to serve his sentence at the Idaho Correctional Institution in Orofino. Knowing he would be unable to continue making payments on his student loans, and that failure to pay could impact future educational opportunities, he contacted his school. Brewster was assured that his payments would be put on hold until his release, but this was not the case. Instead, Brewsters loans entered default, leaving …
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