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Lake County jail becomes GED testing site to help inmates earn a diploma
By dailyherald.com - Lee Filas
Published: 01/15/2014

ILLINOIS - To make it easier for Lake County jail inmates to earn an educational diploma, the jail has been named as a registered general education development (GED) testing site by the College of Lake County.

The designation as a test administration site means inmates can receive weekly GED testing, rather than on CLC's schedule of every eight weeks, said Jennifer Witherspoon, the director of Diversion Programming for the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Advertisement

"The higher the level of education people receive, the more people get jobs, which leads to less crime," Witherspoon said.

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