Vocational
VILLAGE
J . F . INGRAM STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
J . F . Ingram State Technical College ( ISTC ), a member of the Alabama Community College System , was established for the sole purpose of providing educational services to incarcerated individuals in the Alabama prison system .
Ingram State is the sole correctional career and technical education provider in the State of Alabama , serving 17 prisons and 12 pardon and parole facilities . Since the mid-1960 ’ s , ISTC has offered adult education , career technical programming , and soft skills exclusively to justiceinvolved individuals .
In 2021 , Ingram State expanded the College ’ s academic footprint to serve individuals at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent Alabama , offering adult basic education and career technical programming with a focus on high-wage , high-demand career fields — carpentry , HVAC , electrical , and plumbing .
In addition to the new programming , Ingram State piloted its first Vocational Village — a dedicated dorm that only houses incarcerated individuals who are enrolled in educational programming .
The vocational village is a living and learning community inside the correctional facility . All residents of the dorm are educational-driven and share the same goals — program completion , reentry , and job placement .
“ Ingram State Technical College is proud to collaborate with the Alabama Department of Corrections on the vocation village project ,” said ISTC President Annette Funderburk . “ With the help from correctional staff at Bibb we were able to transition a general population dorm to a top-performing educational dorm .”
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