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09-20-2004, 05:36 PM
Ketchikan Correctional Center
Superintendent: Alan Bailey
1201 Schoenbar Rd
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901-6270
Telephone: (907) 225-2828
Fax: (907) 225-7031
Education
INTRODUCTION
The Ketchikan Correctional Center, located in Southeast Alaska, is a 53-bed pre-trial facility. The Education Department comprises a classroom/library and a hallway converted into a computer lab which houses six IBM-compatible computers and printers. The Education Office is large enough for testing and allows for private conferences with students. In addition, a small conference room and the dining hall/gym provides additional space for programming. The yard contains a basketball hoop and a half-court for recreation purposes. The library and computer lab are available for programming from 8-11 am, 1-4pm, and 6-9pm seven days a week. The gym/dining hall is available Monday through Friday 7:45-10am, 1-2:15pm, and 6-9pm.
PROGRAM SERVICES
Educational programs are designed to provide easy diagnosis and assessment. Organized classes are usually of short duration. Open-entry, open-exit, independent study courses are available. All classes are designed to provide opportunities for mental stimulation and social interaction.
Orientation to educational programs occurs Monday through Friday. Academic assessment is required of all new inmates, and, unless the inmate refuses to comply, assessment is completed on all inmates. Diagnostic testing, adult basic education, GED studies and testing, career and interest testing, career counseling, and life skills classes are provided.
Postsecondary computer courses are available in the computer lab, and students may also enroll in Distance Education Courses through the University of Alaska. The Education Coordinator provides assistance with college applications, financial aid applications, tutoring, and test monitoring, plus acts as liaison with postsecondary intitutions.
In addition, the computer lab provides general education programs in Keyboarding, WordPerfect, Desktop Publishing, Alaska Career Information, and a variety of enrichment software programs on CD.
The approximately 1,500 volume library includes an outreach library service by the Ketchikan City Library, a permanent prison library including video and tape cassettes, and a wide variety of curriculum and resource materials.
Community service projects provide opportunities for inmates to make restitution to the community. They also sometimes provide real work experience and limited vocational training.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Adult Basic Education includes reading, math, and language arts instruction for students functioning below 8th grade level. Diagnostic testing is provided for all entering students. Small classes, tutoring, and computer-based, self-paced pre-GED instruction are scheduled weekly.
General Educational Development (GED)
The GED program provides academic instruction above the 8th grade level and below the college level for adults sixteen years and older. This instruction is designed to prepare individuals to take and pass the General Education Development Diploma (GED). Instruction includes tutoring and computer-based, self-paced GED instruction. The GED program also includes administration of the GED examinations.
Life Skills Education
Life Skills Education is designed to help students develop coping skills necessary to adapt to institutional constraints and prepare for successful reintergration into the community. Classes in four main subject areas are offered: communications, health and safety, cross-cultural, and pre-release planning.
The Education Coordinator provides classes and recruits local experts to provide a variety of classes in different topics. Communications classes are offered in Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting, Assertiveness, Self-esteem, Goal Setting, and Values Clarification. Health and Safety classes include Anger and Stress Management, CPR, First Aid, Personal Hygiene, and Decision Making. Cross-cultural classes include Native Language, Ketchikan Native Culture Council, and Cross-culture Activities. Pre-Release Planning classes include Career and Vocational Counseling, Budget and Money Management, Consumer Education, and Job Seeking.</FONT>
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/kcc/
Superintendent: Alan Bailey
1201 Schoenbar Rd
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901-6270
Telephone: (907) 225-2828
Fax: (907) 225-7031
Education
INTRODUCTION
The Ketchikan Correctional Center, located in Southeast Alaska, is a 53-bed pre-trial facility. The Education Department comprises a classroom/library and a hallway converted into a computer lab which houses six IBM-compatible computers and printers. The Education Office is large enough for testing and allows for private conferences with students. In addition, a small conference room and the dining hall/gym provides additional space for programming. The yard contains a basketball hoop and a half-court for recreation purposes. The library and computer lab are available for programming from 8-11 am, 1-4pm, and 6-9pm seven days a week. The gym/dining hall is available Monday through Friday 7:45-10am, 1-2:15pm, and 6-9pm.
PROGRAM SERVICES
Educational programs are designed to provide easy diagnosis and assessment. Organized classes are usually of short duration. Open-entry, open-exit, independent study courses are available. All classes are designed to provide opportunities for mental stimulation and social interaction.
Orientation to educational programs occurs Monday through Friday. Academic assessment is required of all new inmates, and, unless the inmate refuses to comply, assessment is completed on all inmates. Diagnostic testing, adult basic education, GED studies and testing, career and interest testing, career counseling, and life skills classes are provided.
Postsecondary computer courses are available in the computer lab, and students may also enroll in Distance Education Courses through the University of Alaska. The Education Coordinator provides assistance with college applications, financial aid applications, tutoring, and test monitoring, plus acts as liaison with postsecondary intitutions.
In addition, the computer lab provides general education programs in Keyboarding, WordPerfect, Desktop Publishing, Alaska Career Information, and a variety of enrichment software programs on CD.
The approximately 1,500 volume library includes an outreach library service by the Ketchikan City Library, a permanent prison library including video and tape cassettes, and a wide variety of curriculum and resource materials.
Community service projects provide opportunities for inmates to make restitution to the community. They also sometimes provide real work experience and limited vocational training.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Adult Basic Education (ABE)
Adult Basic Education includes reading, math, and language arts instruction for students functioning below 8th grade level. Diagnostic testing is provided for all entering students. Small classes, tutoring, and computer-based, self-paced pre-GED instruction are scheduled weekly.
General Educational Development (GED)
The GED program provides academic instruction above the 8th grade level and below the college level for adults sixteen years and older. This instruction is designed to prepare individuals to take and pass the General Education Development Diploma (GED). Instruction includes tutoring and computer-based, self-paced GED instruction. The GED program also includes administration of the GED examinations.
Life Skills Education
Life Skills Education is designed to help students develop coping skills necessary to adapt to institutional constraints and prepare for successful reintergration into the community. Classes in four main subject areas are offered: communications, health and safety, cross-cultural, and pre-release planning.
The Education Coordinator provides classes and recruits local experts to provide a variety of classes in different topics. Communications classes are offered in Interpersonal Relationships, Parenting, Assertiveness, Self-esteem, Goal Setting, and Values Clarification. Health and Safety classes include Anger and Stress Management, CPR, First Aid, Personal Hygiene, and Decision Making. Cross-cultural classes include Native Language, Ketchikan Native Culture Council, and Cross-culture Activities. Pre-Release Planning classes include Career and Vocational Counseling, Budget and Money Management, Consumer Education, and Job Seeking.</FONT>
http://www.correct.state.ak.us/corrections/institutions/kcc/