First Woman Graduates From San Mateo County's Five Keys High School

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office honored the first woman to graduate from Five Keys High School while incarcerated.

Monet Pierson will be presented with her diploma during a graduation ceremony at the Maple Street Correctional Center on April 28. San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos will preside over the ceremony.

“Providing the incarcerated population the programs and services they need to help rebuild their lives is the right thing to do,” Bolanos said. “It gives them dignity and courage to make changes in their lives.”

Five Keys Schools and Programs, which launched in 2016, provides educational services for inmates to continue their education.

Pierson is the first woman to graduate from the program, while 31 men have graduated while incarcerated.