The Daily Yonder Corrections on the Curriculum: Rural Vocational Ed Programs Train the Next Generation of Prison Staff High schools in Eastern Kentucky have responded to the proliferation of rural prisons by incorporating corrections-job training into school programs.
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Jenkins Independent High School, in Letcher County, Kentucky, is the single school in Kentucky to offer a program specifically in corrections. (Source: Jenkins Independent High School Facebook)
There are three prisons within 35 miles of Jenkins Independent High School, in Letcher County, Kentucky. In a region where the decline of the coal industry has left jobs scarce, the archipelago of state and federal prisons scattered throughout the area have become significant employers.