Inmate GED Program Has More Than a Dozen Graduates
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Henderson County officials say their plan to educate their inmates is working, and they believe the entire community will benefit. The sheriff’s department along with Henderson County Adult Education began an optional GED program for inmates in May. Since then, they have had 13 people earn their GED. Some of those have even landed stable jobs after they were released from jail. Since 25 percent of Henderson County residents do not have a high school diploma or GED; officials hope this will help inmates better themselves, instead of ending up back in jail. “I don’t know that jail time alone does anything for anybody other than temporarily takes them out of society and they have an opportunity to pay back their debt to society but this gives them an opportunity to better themselves and also hopefully reduces their chance of ever coming back,” said Sheriff Duke.” Henderson County Adult Education also offers GED classes to anyone in the Henderson County area.
