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A Federal Bureau of Prisons report showed that completing an
education course every six months reduced inmates' recidivism by
almost 10%.
In Stanislaus County over half the incarcerated adults do not have a high school diploma
or its equivalent. And a third of these have very low literacy
skills. Their educational deficiencies make it very difficult for
them to find work when they get out of prison.
That's why the Sheriff's Department has utilized the Inmate
Welfare Fund to underwrite a comprehensive educational program for
inmates administered by ReadingWorks.
For more information on the importance of Literacy and Correctional
Education and Literacy training in our prisons you can go to the
National
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GED Preparation
Two GED
instructors go daily on weekdays to the minimum security facilities
to provide classes. Inmates in other units are given correspondence
materials to work on. Last year, 35 inmates
received their GED certificates through this system.
Literacy
Instruction
An
instructor with the help of volunteers provides literacy training and other basis
skills within the correctional facilities. This teacher and the
volunteers meet
individually with students and utilize the same Laubach Learning
phonics-based system that we use throughout our organization.
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