Category: ReEntry Success | Central Georgia Technical College

CGTC Maintenance Program at Two Georgia Prisons Sees Early Success

Posted on January 31, 2018August 26, 2026 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) and its Office of Re-Entry Services recently began a pilot Maintenance Electrical Plumbing (MEP) program at Wilcox and Whitworth State Prisons; and in just a few short months, it has already seen participants meet standards.
“We really wanted to support Wilcox and Whitworth State Prison in their need for maintaining inmate living areas and employee work spaces,” said, Dr. Brittany Lucas, the executive director of Re-entry Services at CGTC. Read More

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CGTC Instructor and GDC’s Vocational Teacher of the Year Finalist Teaches from the Inside, Out

Posted on August 15, 2017August 26, 2026 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Hawkinsville, Ga. – Woodrow Whipple, a Design and Media Production adjunct instructor for Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) has been named a finalist for the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) Vocational Teacher of the Year, an honor he credits to his students on the inside of Pulaski State Prison.
“They say I do a lot. Personally, I feel like I don’t do a whole lot,” Whipple said. “It goes back to the success stories of my students. Read More

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