About BCTC Correctional Educational Programs
The Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) offers comprehensive secondary and post-secondary opportunities in order to assist inmates with integration back into society along with possible employment in high-wage, long-term employment positions. BCTC is one of the three correctional education regions in Kentucky – the other two regions being the Maysville Community & Technical College and the Jefferson Community &Technical College. The following sites have correctional educational programs:
- Bell County Forestry Camp (Pineville, KY.) - ABE and college programs.
- Blackburn Correctional Complex (Lexington, KY.) – technical programs of carpentry, horticulture, masonry, and welding, as well as ABE and college programs.
- Frankfort Career Development Center (Frankfort, KY.) - ABE and college programs.
- Northpoint Training Center (Burgin, KY.) - technical programs of carpentry, electrical, and masonry, as well as ABE and college programs.
Correctional student success has been a long tradition with BCTC, as seen below:
TABLE : General Technical Programs and General College Courses Information |
Period of Time
|
Technical Programs Enrollment
|
Completed Certificates
|
Completed Diplomas
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Completed AAS degrees
|
General College Courses Enrollment
|
July 1st, 2008 to June 30th, 2009 | 154 | 224 | 39 | 8 | 166 |
TABLE : General Adult Education Programs and Kentucky Employability Certificates Information |
Period of Time
|
Adult Education Enrollment
|
Completed GEDs
|
Completed Kentucky Employability Certificates
|
July 1st, 2008 to June 30th, 2009 | 440 | 104 | 57 |
