NEWS: Barnes Ensures Moody’s Memory Will Live On
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Pictured are members of the Anne Moody History Project, from left, Emma Taplin, Roscoe Barnes III, Warden Scott Middlebrooks and LaVern Taylor.
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Month: February 2019
NEWS: Anne Moody Highway Dedication Service
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“Some of you may be surprised to know that the idea for the Anne Moody Memorial Highway originated in a prison.”
Incarcerated Men and Community Leaders Clearly See Difference at Bradshaw State Jail
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“This is the only facility that I have been to, while I have been incarcerated – in other states, in other facilities – that you can walk up on the warden and talk to the warden about your problem.”
Female Students at Sierra Nevada Job Corps Advancing in Male-Dominated Industry
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While the vast majority of construction jobs are held by males, more and more females are entering the industry. And part of the shift is thanks to Job Corps. At MTC’s Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center in Reno, female students have access to a variety of construction trades including building construction technology, carpentry, and electrical. … Continued
Trained at Tongue Point Job Corps, Worked at Local Fabrication Shop, and Now Headed to Next Level
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“There are more jobs than there are people to go around right now.”
NEWS: Inmates earn GED at East Mississippi Correctional Facility
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“It shows that they’re willing to try to change once they’ve been in here,” said Rice. “That’s our responsibility here as a facility, to rehabilitate these guys and to make them productive citizens of society.”
NEWS: Finding a fur-ever home Kyle Correctional offenders train shelter dogs for new homes
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“When it gets hard and difficult, you want to quit. But you have someone that’s depending on you, so you have to step up.”
New Club Ensures Hawaii Job Corps Students Interested in Joining the Military are Ready
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“I recently took the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam and earned a score to qualify me for the Air Force.”
Watch as One Student at Hubert H. Humphrey Explains Why Job Corps Works
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“You didn’t come here to make friends or anything like that. It’s great if you do, however, you’re here to get a trade.”
Part II: Remembering a Civil-Rights Hero at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility
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“I have to admit, I haven’t heard of anything quite like this before—but it’s invigorating.