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| New vocational program connects offenders with local employers |
| By peninsulaclarion.com- Megan Pacer |
| Published: 02/08/2017 |
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Getting a job after incarceration and transitioning back to life outside is looking a little easier for inmates at the Wildwood Correctional Complex thanks to a new vocational program. Michael Zener, an adult probation officer with the Alaska Department of Corrections in the Wildwood Transitional Program, presented updates on a new program designed to connect offenders currently serving time with local employers during a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday. He told the small gathering of people at Froso’s Family Dining about the Vocational Work Release Program, a recent addition that kicked off in fall 2016 and is closely related to the existing Work Release Program, which has been running for about four years. Offenders who meet certain criteria are hired by local businesses, allowed out of Wildwood to do their job and are paid for their work. The program fits in with the offender re-entry program being used by the Department of Corrections across the state, Zener said, and is the first of its kind in Alaska. Read More. |
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