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\nGovernor Matt Bevin’s administration is starting a pilot project aimed at making sure more of Kentucky’s prisoners get the skills needed to find jobs once they’re released.<\/p>\n
\nGovernor Matt Bevin’s administration is starting a pilot project aimed at making sure more of Kentucky’s prisoners get the skills needed to find jobs once they’re released.<\/p>\n
The initiative is called “Justice to Journeyman.”<\/p>\n
It will put inmates on track to earn credentials in skilled trades they can use to land jobs. The project will match inmates with employers willing to take a chance on felons.<\/p>\n
Bevin said Thursday the project is part of efforts to make Kentucky the national model in helping turn former prisoners into productive citizens.<\/p>\n
Labor Secretary Derrick Ramsey says it shows Kentucky is a “second-chance state.”<\/p>\n
The project will begin in three adult prisons and four juvenile justice facilities. Each program will be able to train about 15 people at a time.
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