News - 2006
CEC Presents New Assessment Instruments to New Jersey Department of Corrections Staff
Roseland, NJ, Jun 30, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC) is pleased to announces that Melissa Gould, Assessment Manager at Bo Robinson, presented changes and improvements to CEC's assessment process to New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) staff including Anthony Falcone...
CEC Expands Services at Bo Robinson
Roseland, NJ, Jun 26, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC) announces an expansion of its services to provide a residential treatment program for 65 offenders at Bo Robinson in Trenton. The additional 65 offenders will be referred as a result of a contract between Mercer County and Education and Health...
Community Education Centers Announces Implementation of CorTrac™
Roseland, NJ, Jun 21, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC), Inc. has signed a contract with Cirqular Inc. to implement CorTrac™, a web-based resident tracking system, corporate-wide. CorTrac™ collects and organizes information such as demographics, recidivism statistics, assessment information...
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Tours CEC Facility
Roseland, NJ, Jun 16, 2006 - New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine toured Bo Robinson as part of his information gathering effort and to gain a more personal and direct understanding of CEC's work and mission. Proposing that Halfway Back programs in New Jersey be increased by $1 million dollars in the current budget...
New Colorado Study Finds Lower Rates of Recidivism for Community Corrections Offenders
Roseland, NJ, Jun 15, 2006 - A new study released by the Colorado Department of Public Safety found that recidivism rates for offenders participating in 30 state-wide community corrections programs were lower than previous studies...
CEC Signs Contract to Provide Specialized Female Program for 250 Marion County Offenders
Roseland, NJ, Jun 9, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC), Inc. announced today that the company has signed a contract with the Marion County Sheriff's Department to provide a specialized female program for 250 offenders at Liberty Hall in Indianapolis. The contract provides for a five-year initial base period...
Accomplished Author Addresses Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center Residents
Roseland, NJ, Jun 6, 2006 - Accomplished author Gary Skinner addressed over 300 residents at the Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center (CMRC) in May about his positive experiences after incarceration...
Tooley Hall Partners with University of Denver
Roseland, NJ, May 30, 2006 - Community Education Centers is pleased to announce that Tooley Hall, the company's Denver-based women's community corrections program, has entered into an agreement to be an approved practicum site for the placement of master's level forensic psychology students from the Graduate...
CEC Research Department Submits Article for Publication
Roseland, NJ, May 24, 2006 - The article "Academic Psychology and Corrections: The Utility of Partnerships" was co-authored by CEC affiliate Dr. Kirk Heilburn and was recently submitted for publication. The article details the mutual benefits to partnerships between correctional professionals/agencies and research...
Community Education Centers to Research Recidivism at the Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center
Roseland, NJ, May 23, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC) has entered into a contract with the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs (UCCS) to evaluate recidivism rates for residents of the Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center (CMRC), Colorado's largest reentry facility...
News Alert: CEC Preparing to Assist Overcrowded County Jail
With the Essex County Jail approaching capacity and more prisoners arriving by the day, the county is considering a $3 million contract with a private facility in Newark to handle some of the overflow...
Liberty Hall Volunteer Featured on Indiana's WISHTV
Roseland, NJ, May 17, 2006 - A longtime volunteer at Liberty Hall, Silouan Green, was featured on the Indiana television channel, WISHTV. The news segment focused on Mr. Green's inspirational work at Liberty Hall, Community Education Centers's Indiana-based work release program...
Community Education Centers Comments on Zogby Poll Findings: Americans Strongly Support Reentry Services for Prisoners
Roseland, NJ, May 17, 2006 - Americans Strongly Support Reentry Services for Prisoners.
A recent poll conducted by Zogby International found that U.S. voters overwhelmingly favor rehabilitative and reentry services for prisoners by an 8 to 1 margin...
Community Education Centers Announces 286-Bed Expansion of Delaney Hall
Roseland, NJ, May 12, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC) is pleased to announce a 286-bed expansion of Delaney Hall, the company's New Jersey-based residential treatment center. The 286-bed expansion will increase the total capacity of Delaney Hall to 1,012 beds...
CENTRACORE PROPERTIES TRUST ANNOUNCES 286 BED EXPANSION OF DELANEY HALL
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. ��� May 12, 2006 ��� CentraCore Properties Trust (NYSE: CPV), a real estate investment trust (the "Company" or "CPT"), announced today it has closed a transaction with Community Education Centers, Inc. ("CEC") for a 286-bed expansion of its Delaney Hall Facility in Newark N.J., which...
Tully House's Thriving Family Service Program Adds New Services
Roseland, NJ, May 10, 2006 - The Family Service Program at Tully House, Community Education Centers' New Jersey-based residential treatment center, is thriving and has added several new programs to its already extensive service menu...
National Media Call on Expertise of CEC Director
Roseland, NJ, May 5, 2006 - National media called on the expertise of Robert Hood, Director of Community Education Centers' (CEC) Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center, to comment on the conditions facing convicted terrorist Zacarious Moussaoui. Moussaoui was recently sentenced to a term of incarceration...
Community Education Centers Welcomes Ari Zavaras as New Director of Colorado Operations
Denver, CO, May 5, 2006 - Community Education Centers (CEC) has announced that Ari Zavaras has been named the company's new Director of Colorado Operations...
Profile in Redemption: The Ronnie Grant Story
Streets like Brownsville's predict our future. Of the 32 guys Ronnie Grant ran with, 26 are dead. Of the remaining six, only one hasn't served time...
CEC's Keith Hooper Participates in Prisoner Reentry Broadcast
Roseland, NJ, May 2, 2006 - Keith Hooper, Chairman of Community Education Centers' (CEC) Alumni Association, participated in a public radio round table discussion on prisoner reentry. The program, "The Day After Prison," was heard on the talk-radio show, Open Source, hosted by veteran journalist Christopher Lydon...
Community Education Centers Welcomes Sandra Osteen as Vice President of Customer Relations
Roseland. NJ, May 1, 2006 - Community Education Centers has announced that Sandra Osteen, a long-time corrections industry professional, has been named Vice President of Customer Relations...
Community Education Centers Welcomes Michael G. Janus as New Deputy Director of Operations
Roseland, NJ, Apr 28, 2006 - Community Education Centers has announced that Michael G. Janus, a longtime professional with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, has been named the company's new Deputy Director of Operations...
Liberty Hall Recommended for ACA Re-accreditation
Roseland, NJ, Apr 17, 2006 - A committee of American Correctional Association (ACA) auditors recommended Community Education Center's Liberty Hall for re-accreditation based on compliance with ACA national standards. The auditors gave the facility a score of 100% on mandatory and non-mandatory standards...
Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center Praised by Colorado Parole Board Chairman
Over and Over Again: Spending half a billion dollars on new prisons won't solve the state's biggest crime problem: the staggering failure rate of parole...
Casper Re-Entry Center Welcomes First Woman Director
In what could seem to be an unlikely shift, women are taking the helm at prisons and correctional institutions across the nation...
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