In order to prepare inmates for re-entry
into the workforce after their time is served, the
New Mexico Corrections Department instituted a
program to help inmates earn a National Career Readiness
Certificate. Skill-specific training from KeyTrain is
available to help participants boost their WorkKeys
scores.
- Reduced
recidivism among parolees
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Recidivism rates for program participants is 33% vs. 44%
for the general population.
- KeyTrain
has greatly increased
subject retention, especially in math and reading skill
areas.
- Reduced
incarceration time
– Any inmate who earns a New Mexico Career Readiness
Certificate and obtains a GED gets a sentence reduction
of 30 days.
"We have used many computer -based educational tools
over the years. We have seen them come and go, and
frankly our opinion of a product, as professionals in
the education of inmates, doesn't mean much. What
matters is the opinion, use and results of the end user
- our inmates. I can say without hesitation, that the
KeyTrain product is the best system we have ever used
because the inmates love it, use it, and we're getting
very positive educational outcomes from it. We simply
can't keep them off the computers when they're using
KeyTrain!"
George Reimlinger – Educational Director, Corrections,
State of Indiana
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