Photo courtesy of Ozark County Sheriff’s Office
A local law enforcement agency recently announced an initiative aiming to empower and equip its jail inmates with skills and knowledge to strive for success when they are released from incarceration. The Ozark County Sheriff’s Office is offering high school equivalency test (H.I.S.E.T.) classes to its inmates at the county jail.
Sheriff Cass Martin says his office first received information on the program from an employee at the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
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Sheriff Martin says so far, the classes have had a positive effect to those utilizing them.
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The Ozark County sheriff adds funding to provide the courses to the inmates is courtesy of a grant, and the sheriff’s budget is not being affected.
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Sheriff Martin says he is thankful to Missouri State University-West Plains and site instructor Stephanie Dering from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in guiding Ozark County Jail inmates on their road to success.
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