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  • Provide certificates, indicating the number of hours of partially completed in apprenticeships, that are issued by the U.S. Department of Labor and/or endorsed by local business organizations, chambers of commerce, etc. Agreements with community-based apprenticeships would be developed to accept these hours toward advanced standing. This approach could also be used with skill classes, such as welding, even if an apprenticeship did not exist in the prison.
  • Another concept would include beginning the apprenticeship in the prison (just a different location than the traditional apprenticeship training center). An example is the IT Apprenticeship. Under this option, all classroom training could be completed while in prison. This would allow more offenders to participate. Under the current system, the number of offenders is limited due to the employment requirement.
  • Another alternative would be competency-based rather than time-based apprenticeships. Under this proposal, the inmates would be tested prior to release.
  • Community-based apprenticeships could donate equipment for use in the BOP and make suggestions regarding program enhancements to improve the employability of offenders upon release. This would also apply to the concept of the apprenticeship conducting training in a different location, the prison.
  • As an alternative, private-public partnerships could be developed. For example, General Motors donated a vehicle to Ranken Technical College for use in training.
  • Enforcing the guideline percentages of minority and female apprentices, which have been established by the U.S. Department of Labor, will assist with offender employment.


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