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Correctional education, job fairs and tree‑trimming apprenticeships highlighted as reentry tools
Summary
Ingram State Technical College and district attorneys described training and hiring initiatives — from cosmetology licensure taken inside prisons to second‑chance job fairs that produced immediate hires — as proven ways to reduce recidivism and accelerate returning citizens into employment.
Annette Funderburk, president of Ingram State Technical College, told the commission that the college now consolidates correctional education across the state and partners with Pardon and Parole and day‑reporting centers to build a prison‑to‑work pipeline.
"For every $1 that is spent on correctional education, taxpayers gain $1.70 in added tax revenue and public sector savings, and society gains $15.70 in added income and social savings," Funderburk said, summarizing the…
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