News - 2008
California In-Prison Treatment Services Expand
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Alumni Testify at NJ Reentry Hearing
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
International Team Films Documentary at Talbot Hall
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Dr. Fretz and Dr. Mims Testify at NJ Reentry Hearings
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Pennsylvania Accounts for 30% of CEC's Total Operations
West Caldwell, NJ, 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)...
Delaware County Board of Prison Inspectors Approves 1800-Bed Management Contract
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Harbor Holds Annual Alumni Thanksgiving Celebration
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Dr. Angela Mims Presents at International Reentry Conference and Reentry Panel
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Community Education Centers Announces Contract Award for the Management of the 1883-bed Delaware County Prison
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Alumni Participate in Rally for Recovery Walk
West Caldwell, NJ, 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...
Bermudian Officials Visit Delaware's Key-Crest Program
West Caldwell, NJ, Oct 16, 2008 - Earlier this month, Bermudian government officials visited Community Education Centers' Key and Crest programs in Wilmington, Delaware. Their stop was part of Bermuda's effort to implement the first ever correction's based Therapeutic Community on the island...
Tully House Annex Opens
West Caldwell, NJ, Oct 13, 2008 - Tully House Annex, Community Education Centers' new 256-bed residential reentry center in Newark, New Jersey, has opened and provides residential reentry treatment services to over 250-technical parole violators referred from the New Jersey State Parole Board (NJSB)...
Mayor Michael Nutter Attends Hoffman Hall Dedication Ceremony
West Caldwell, NJ, Oct 7, 2008 - Community Education Centers held a dedication ceremony for Hoffman Hall, the company's new 400-bed residential reentry center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The facility provides reentry services for offenders referred from Philadelphia Prison System (PPS). John J. Clancy...
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