Higher Education Program For Inmates To Expand
posted 2:15 pm Mon December 03, 2007 - Oklahoma City
AT&T is providing $26,700 to Rose State College in Midwest City so it can expand a program offering college classes and degrees to state prison inmates. The program uses interactive television in which the inmates can see and hear their instructors and ask questions.
AT&T Oklahoma President Don Cain says it can help inmates achieve a better life once they're released.
The program began in 2003 at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center and the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center. The John Lilley Correctional Center in Boley and the James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena have since joined the program.
The latest expansion will add the Howard McLeod Correctional Center in Atoka and the Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington.
AT&T Oklahoma President Don Cain says it can help inmates achieve a better life once they're released.
The program began in 2003 at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center and the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center. The John Lilley Correctional Center in Boley and the James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena have since joined the program.The latest expansion will add the Howard McLeod Correctional Center in Atoka and the Joseph Harp Correctional Center in Lexington.
Latest Comment on Higher Education Program For Inmates To Expand
mrywilley
11:58 am on 12/05/07
Everyone needs to stop acting like the inmates are the "victims" because they are in prison as a result of their own actions. The consequences aren't tough enough so the prisons keep filling up. Its time for people to realize that you are responsible for your own actions. There comes a time and a place where you need to stop using your childhood, your race, or your drug use as a crutch. I've seen the lowest of the low pull themselves out of a rut because they were tired of living that way.
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