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| New program helps Michigan inmates prepare for future jobs |
| By livingstondaily.com |
| Published: 04/27/2016 |
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IONIA - A new program at a Michigan prison is part of an effort to prepare inmates for work after they’re eventually released from custody. The “Vocational Village” was established this year at the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, and uses principles of occupational education in a much more concentrated format than usual, The Sentinel-Standard reported. The program offers a certificate of employability and gives inmates an understanding of what employers seek as well as how workers should act, MLive.com reported. When it ramps up, the program will be educating 224 prisoners, including 165 for vocational trades, 12 building trade workers and 20 students earning a bachelor’s degree through on-site Calvin College classes. An event was held on Monday to unveil the program at the correctional facility, which is home to many prison education programs. Warden DeWayne Burton said participants are within 24 months of release. Read More. |
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