{"id":110172,"date":"2015-08-19T17:50:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/inmates-are-given-keys-to-class\/"},"modified":"2015-08-19T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T23:50:13","slug":"inmates-are-given-keys-to-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/inmates-are-given-keys-to-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Inmates are given keys to class"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inmates at the Montezuma County jail now have more access to education.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office recently was awarded a three-year $128,00 Justice Assistance Grant to provide classes and-to-face instruction, in an effort to get them back on track.<\/p>\n<p>The funds pay for teachers, supplies and computer technology. On weekends, prisoners can sign up for free classes on life skills and continuing education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudies show access to education in detention centers reduces recidivism by breaking the cycle of repeat offenses,\u201d says Wanda Martin, supervisor for the sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Inmates can learn life skills, such as finding and keeping a job, personal financing, and good health. Teachers assist with obtaining a GED and provide information on vocational training opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>A three-year $59,000 supplemental grant is being sought as well to provide more classes that will broadcast over the television in the jail\u2019s common areas during the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheriff wins education grant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6363],"tags":[188,13],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-110172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ds-news","tag-dolores-star","tag-frontpage-lead"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110172"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=110172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}