News - 2010
Jim Elder Named In-Prison Treatment Division Director
West Caldwell, NJ September 9 -
Jim Elder has been named the Director of the In-Prison Treatment Division and will oversee Community Education Center's treatment in-prison treatment operations in nine states and the Commonwealth of Bermuda. Jim has extensive experience in the correctional treatment field and previously served CEC...
Florida In-Prison Treatment Program Expands to 204-Beds at Gainesville Correctional Institution
West Caldwell, NJ August 19 -
Community Education Centers, Inc.'s (CEC) in-prison treatment program was recently expanded to provide services to 204 Florida Department of Corrections (FL DOC) offenders at the Gainesville Correctional Institution in Gainesville, Florida. "The expansion of this in-prison treatment program increases the likelihood...
Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center Receives
100% ACA Reaccreditation
West Caldwell, NJ August 5 -
The Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center (CMRC), Colorado's largest reentry facility, was fully reaccredited by the American Correctional Association (ACA) at its summer conference in Chicago on August 1, 2010. CMRC scored 100% on all mandatory and non-mandatory standards...
Alumni Celebrate Successful Reentry at Annual
New Jersey Barbeque
West Caldwell, NJ July 20 -
Hundreds of CEC alumni and their families attended the annual Alumni Association
barbeque in Iselin, New Jersey on July 17. The daylong event celebrated the
successes of the thousands of ex-offenders who have graduated CEC reentry
treatment programs...
Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility Holds Graduation Ceremony
West Caldwell, NJ July 9 -
On July 9, the Alabama Therapeutic Education Facility (ATEF), CEC's 400-bed residential reentry center in Columbiana, Alabama, held a graduation ceremony Alabama Department of Corrections' (AL DOC) offenders. Since opening its doors in March 2008, over 1,253 AL DOC offenders have graduated the reentry program...
New Report Confirms New Jersey is a National Leader at Reducing Prison Population
West Caldwell, NJ July 1 -
A report just released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) confirmed that New Jersey is a national leader in reducing its prison population. The BJS report "Prisoners at Yearend 2009–Advance Counts" found that from 2008-2009 New Jersey’s prison population decreased 2.2% capping an incredible 14.8% decrease...
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