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| Prison GED program's first class offered exclusively to male inmates, class for females to follow |
| By citizensvoice.com- Jeff Horvath |
| Published: 12/31/2018 |
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After urging officials for months to restore a GED program at Lackawanna County Prison, some of the area’s most vocal inmate-rights advocates were upset to learn that the program’s first class contains no females. Commissioners voted 2-1 in August, with Commissioner Laureen Cummings voting no, to award a non-taxpayer-funded contract for GED provider services to the Outreach Center for Community Resources of Scranton. The GED program, which includes both prep courses and testing for inmates trying to earn a high school equivalency diploma, costs almost $156,000 annually and is financed with inmate canteen account funds. Canteen funds come from commissary sales at the jail. The program’s inaugural class, which started in the fall, is made up exclusively of male inmates. Plans are for the next class to be comprised solely of female inmates, but that didn’t stop some from crying foul. Read More. |
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