Douglas County Corrections' GED program is growing fast.“We have about 135 people on our waitlist and we have anywhere from ...

The hope, Johnson County Sheriff Adam King said, is to send released inmates back out into the world better equipped and ...

I put a lot of work and effort into this. This makes me feel really good. It really does. It makes me feel like I can do so ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is celebrating the more than 4,000 inmates who’ve ...

Through the IGNITE program, the Sheriff’s Office wants to help reverse the generational incarceration cycle through education.

Governor Roy Cooper has commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina and also granted pardons of innocence to two ...

ASHLAND The Northeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Kentucky Career Center to bring about the first ...

In total, more than 14,400 people enrolled in GED prep programs ... less likely to reoffend when they participate in ...

He has also completed his GED and taken numerous community ... North Carolina Field Minister Program. He now ministers to younger inmates at the Foothills Correctional Institution.

Since 2021, almost 30 people have graduated with their high school diploma and almost graduated with their GED. Sir Williams was one of those inmates who needed this program after more than a ...

Inmates who meet academic and jail classification requirements are eligible for the program, according to the sheriff’s office. Those who previously received a GED while in custody were among ...