It's no laughing matter

We had a faculty orientation yesterday evening. I sat next to one of my former colleagues at the for-profit college I worked. He mentioned that he also left that college because "too much going on" at that college. He was an English composition 1 insturctor for the disadvantaged students. He had four students in one of his classes. Three were forced to drop out because they had to go to jail! One of the faculty members who sat besides me couldn't help but burst out laughing. He surely drew everyone's attention immediately. Oh boy! Drop out from the class because of going to jail? It's certainly NOT a laughing matter!