Tag: Re-entry Services | Central Georgia Technical College

Re-Entry Services Celebrate Automotive Academy Graduation

Posted on August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Program Continues with 19 Residents Earning Industry-Recognized Certifications
(Contributed from the Georgia Department of Corrections)
FORSYTH, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) hosted its second ceremony recognizing the graduating class of the Fleet Services Automotive Academy program. Nineteen residents from Macon Transitional Center (TC) received certificates for successfully completing automotive industry programs in either Auto Collision Paint and Body (I-Car), or Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair (ALMR) through a partnership with Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC). Read More

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An Unusual Alumnus Finds Enhanced Opportunity upon Return to CGTC

Posted on January 4, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – It is not every day that a former prisoner comes knocking on doors around campus looking for an opportunity, but that is what Larry Jackson, Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) 2019 Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership (GOAL) alternate, did when he was looking for ways to earn a living.
“The difficult part was convincing people to give me a chance,” Jackson said. “People would say, ‘Well, you just got out.’” “They wanted me to have time and experience, Read More

^{January 4, 2019}

Notes from Walker State Prison: Two Re-entry Program Students Send their Appreciation to Governor Deal

Posted on December 27, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Students at Walker State Prison in the Welding program of Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Office of Re-entry Services recently sent Gov. Nathan Deal and first lady Sandra Deal handcrafted gifts. The items are a token of appreciation to the couple for their commitment to the state’s prison reform, as the two students discussed in reflection notes shared with the College.
Gov. Deal’s tenure included early and sustained efforts to combat recidivism through criminal justice reform allowing inmates at Walker State Prison, Read More

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CGTC Instructor Named Finalist for Georgia Department of Corrections Vocational Instructor of the Year

Posted on June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – In June, the Georgia Department of Corrections named John S. Harvey, Business Customer Service and Technology instructor, a finalist for its 2017 Vocational Instructor of the Year. Harvey, a nine-year veteran of correction education, works in Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Office of Re-entry Services at Johnson State Prison – an unexpected teaching environment – living out his passion to help others find their way in life.
“I never imagined myself working in the prison environment,” he said. Read More

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CGTC Foundation Awards Inaugural Scholarship for Previously Incarcerated Citizens

Posted on April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Sometimes life requires a reset, and with that in mind, the Office of Re-entry Services, through the Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) Foundation, established and awarded earlier this month, its inaugural scholarship for a previously incarcerated citizen continuing their education.
The Re-entry Scholarship for Educational Transition (RESET) awards an actively enrolled student in good academic standing who have been previously incarcerated in a Georgia public or private corrections facility and has applied within two years of release. Read More

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CGTC’s Office of Re-entry Services Launches Blog of Formerly Incarcerated Student Success Stories

Posted on February 9, 2018February 9, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – The Office of Re-entry Services at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) has teamed up with the College’s Marketing and Public Relations staff to create a blog devoted to telling the success stories of formerly incarcerated citizens who took advantage of technical education programs while incarcerated.
Re-entry Services at CGTC is a division committed to the educational and training component of criminal justice reform and recidivism rate reduction among Georgia’s incarcerated citizens, and through its efforts, Read More

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CGTC Maintenance Program at Two Georgia Prisons Sees Early Success

Posted on January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 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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