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The MissionAuthor: Robert Reburn
This is The Mission, the new podcast from the Tennessee Department of Correction. We'd like to bring you inside of our world through the stories of men and women who make our agency what it is - what scare them, what makes them proud, what's the craziest thing that ever happened to them, and why they joined TDOC in the first place. Language: en-us Genres: Government Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Students in Prison Pt. 1
Monday, 20 May, 2019
In every state prison in Tennessee, you'll find a school. Its like any other regular school you'd walk into; books, desks, chalk/dry-erase boards. And like the rest of Tennessee's schools, TDOC's facility-based schools are fully accredited by the Tennessee Department of Education. Unlike traditional schools, its a little more than simple reading, writing and arithmetic - the stakes are higher in terms of what it means to pass or fail. In Part 1 of this episode, we talk to Principal of the Education Department at the Northeast Correctional Complex about the mission and strategy of TDOC's education system, and how he, a former college drop-out himself, is now working to lead men into better, more productive lives.
