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California In-Prison Treatment Services Expand
Dec 29, 2008 - CEC was awarded a contract to provide a 250-bed therapeutic community (TC) program at the Tehachapi Correctional Institution for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The in-prison treatment program is administered in a new building specially designed for the TC program... More

Alumni Testify at NJ Reentry Hearing
Dec 10, 2008 - Arthur Townes, Director of the CEC Alumni Association, and several alumni of The Albert M. Bo Robinson Assessment and Treatment Center, CEC’s 900-bed reentry center in Trenton, New Jersey, testified at the second ‘Counting the Costs Hearings’ sponsored by New Jersey State Assembly Majority Leader Bo... More

International Team Films Documentary at Talbot Hall
Dec 4, 2008 - Today, Dr. Yongjin Kim, Project Director for Crops of Love Ministries based in Malawi, Africa and a film crew from the Korean-based Christian Television System arrived at Talbot Hall, CEC’s 500-bed assessment and treatment center in Kearny, New Jersey, to film a profile piece on private correctional... More

Dr. Fretz and Dr. Mims Testify at NJ Reentry Hearings
Nov 25, 2008 - Dr. Ralph Fretz, Director of Assessment and Research, and Dr. Angela Mims, Administrator of Women’s Program and Services, testified at the ‘Counting the Costs Hearings’ sponsored by New Jersey State Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman. The first of three hearings, nearly 100 ex-offenders,... More

Pennsylvania Accounts for 30% of CEC’s Total Operations
Nov 21, 2008 - With this week’s award of a contract to operate the 1883-bed Delaware County jail, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now accounts for nearly 10,000 of the approximately 30,000 individuals being served by CEC’s three divisions. Larger than New Jersey (3,944) and Texas (6,477), now 30% of CEC’s operati... More

Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors Approves 1800-Bed Management Contract
Nov 20, 2008 - The Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors approved the contract for CEC’s management of the 1883-bed Delaware County prison. CEC will begin management of the facility on January 1, 2009. Frank Green, former assistant superintendant at the facility, has been named the warden and will undertake t... More

Harbor Holds Annual Alumni Thanksgiving Celebration
Nov 19, 2008 - The Harbor, Community Education Centers' 152-bed residential reentry center in Hoboken, New Jersey, held is annual Thanksgiving celebration today. Current residents were joined by several CEC alumni who shared their stories of successful reentry. A huge meal was cooked by the Harbor for its st... More

Dr. Angela Mims Presents at International Reentry Conference and Reentry Panel
Oct 30, 2008 - Dr. Angela Mims, Director of Female Services at Community Education Centers, presented at the International Conference for Special Needs Offenders in Niagara Falls, Canada. The three day event brought together international experts who presented on a wide array of offender reentry topics.“I wa... More

Community Education Centers Announces Contract Award for the Management of the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison
Oct 24, 2008 - Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) announced today that the company has been awarded a contract to provide detention management services at the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison in Thornton, Pennsylvania. CEC will begin management of the facility on January 5, 2009. “I would like to thank ... More

Alumni Participate in Rally for Recovery Walk
Oct 20, 2008 - Arthur Townes, Director of the CEC Alumni Association, was joined by association coordinators Yolanda Epps, Deynia Edwards and over fifteen CEC alumni for the annual Rally for Recovery Walk in New York City. Thousands of participants formed a human bridge across the historic Brooklyn Bridge to raise... More

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