Seventeen inmates in Madison County prison were recognized to obtain their certification of the professional and health administration.
This is the third final class, which was a total of 23 inmates, some of which have been published before the graduation ceremony on May 13.
The occupants that receive their OSHA certification conveys them in such a way that they enter the workforce in the manufacturing industry, which are often required in the onboarding process of new employees.
The 10-day, intensive “boot camp” program is provided by the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services and offers lessons such as skills in the workplace, mathematics and measurement for the production, reading printing for the production and a 10-hour OSHA training course.
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The only prerequisite for the voluntary program is that the inmate is not a non -violent perpetrator. In addition, not even a high school diploma or ged from occupants is necessary to take part.
One of the graduates, Timothy Coley, says he is proud of himself that he has completed the program and now feels better prepared for the publication to join the workforce.
Timothy Coley speaks to the press after receiving his Osha certification in Madison County prison on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
“I feel good, excited and can actually do something that I would not have thought about that I could make it,” said Conley.
“It gives me the opportunity to get a job and work properly for my money instead of getting out and doing the bad things that I am used to.”
During the ceremony, it was shared that after the publication, 18 former graduates have worked in camps for industries such as Toyota Tennessee, Delta Faucet Company, Sam's Club Distribution Center and Fords Blue Oval City.
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, occupants pose with their newly preserved Osha certifications in the Madison County prison.
Sheriff!
“We would prefer people, these occupants, go outside, go to work and as I said, as a productive citizen,” said Wiser.
Sheriff Julian Wiser speaks when inmates on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, received her Osha certification in Madison County prison.
“I want to preserve the prison for the most violent people and criminals in our community. Not everyone here is a violent criminal. Some people have a drug abuse that led to it, they have a trauma that led to it, there are a number of things.
The Ronald Benton chaplain repeated wiser and believes that such programs, such as OSHA certifications, concern rehabilitation towards detention and against the cycle to reduce the dusk.
An inmate looks at her Osha certification in the Madison County prison on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
“[It’s] Very important because they are repeated criminals, they leave their child, they are not cared for, they are not protected, but if we can get it out of here with something that the whole family can hold out here, then it will reduce it and that is our main goal, it is to keep houses together and keep fathers as mentors. “
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