PR03-024

Date:

September 25, 2003

 
Fulton Inmates To Graduate From H.O.P.E. Learning Program; Preparing For Release, Careers
 

With a new career path and dreams of a brighter future, thirteen (13) inmates at the Fulton County Jail will graduate from the Sheriff’s Office H.O.P.E. Learning Center program tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.

The H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Everyday) Learning Center, now in its second year of operation, provides job skills and education opportunities to inmates incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail. There are three programs currently offered by the Hope Learning Center: Computer, Welding and Culinary Arts.

Fulton County Sheriff Jacquelyn H. Barrett created the H.O.P.E. Learning Center in 2001. The program allows non-violent offenders the opportunity to develop career skills during their incarceration in the Fulton County Jail.

Following tomorrow’s graduation, many of the inmates will look forward to completing their sentences and pursuing job opportunities. Some of the inmates will be released in as early as three weeks. Job placement assistance will be available. Graduates of the welding program will be referred to Atlanta Technical College for continuing education.

The H.O.P.E. Learning Center is located at the Fulton County Jail. Visitors can access the center at the jail intake entrance on Jefferson Street.

For more information, please contact Lieutenant Clarence Huber at (404) 730-4148. Lieutenant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at (404) 742-6798.