Aramark, one of the nation’s top food and facilities service providers, has launched a new culinary track as part of its IN2WORK (I2W) program. The company’s IN2WORK, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, helps prepare people who are incarcerated […]
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Vera Institute shows how prisons and colleges can help individuals with incarceration histories build career-ready futures
The Vera Institute of Justice, a Brooklyn, NY-headquartered nonprofit criminal justice reform think tank, has released its latest report, The Labor Market for People With Conviction Histories: An Examination of Access to Good Jobs. This report is aimed at prisons […]
Mapping Your Future published by the Education Justice Project at the U of I offers excellent advice for reentry
The Education Justice Project, part of the University of Ilinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Education, provides courses and extracurricular programming at the Danville Correctional Center in Danville, Ill. It also publishes reentry guides, and has created a national edition of its […]
Manpower employment agency offers new GED program to qualified workers
Would you like to work in a temp job and receive help with attaining your high school equivalency GED at the same time? If so, you may want to look into applying for a position at Manpower. The Manpower employment […]
Free online courses can help you improve your basic knowledge and skills
You’re just getting out of prison or jail and eager to boost your knowledge and skills to be better prepared for the job market. Maybe you started your educational endeavor while still incarcerated by getting a GED or learning various […]