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Whitley County approves House Bill 556 MOA to expand inmate education and continues pre-release workforce program
Summary
The fiscal court approved a memorandum of agreement implementing House Bill 556 to allow state reimbursement for certificates issued to incarcerated students; jail staff reported increased state payments and described a pre-release workforce-development program showing early interest and promising recidivism statistics cited from partner presentations.
The Whitley County Fiscal Court approved a memorandum of agreement tied to House Bill 556 between Whitley County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky to allow the county to receive state reimbursement for certificates (for example GEDs) issued to incarcerated individuals.
Chair explained the MOA supports ongoing jail education and counseling programs that county jail staff have been working to expand. Jailer Jason Wilson and…
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