Community college outlines expanded prison-education program, asks committee to back facility technology upgrades
Officials from the Community College presented a multi-strand corrections education program funded by a $4.5 million congressional grant and Second Chance Pell eligibility, and asked the committee to support facility technology upgrades so vocational and technical courses can be delivered at scale.
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Joyce Judy, college administrator, told the committee that the college has expanded prison-based education since 2018 and now operates four strands of programming for incarcerated students, corrections staff and families, and reentry students.
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