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Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 17, 2020

Inmates at the Shelby County Correctional Center will be able to continue education classes remotely thanks to a $180,000 grant, the Daily Memphian reports. The funding, which comes from the Tennessee Community CARES program through the state Department of Human Services, will go to HopeWorks, a nonprofit organization that oversees educational and job training programs at the prison. Outside programming was stopped in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That programming included classes to help inmates get their high school diplomas, culinary classes that offered job skills training, construction and logistics classes and more. HopeWorks has bought 100 laptops, protective gear and other online learning aids to start the online classes at the prison next month.