A new program at the Nueces County Sheriff’s Office is teaching financial literacy to female inmates, and organizers say attendance is already exceeding expectations.
Program leaders say the first two sessions have drawn full classrooms, thanks to a partnership with the Corpus Christi Literacy Council and a Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi doctoral student who is leading the instruction.
Captain Belinda Bustamante with the sheriff’s office said she is now seeing more female inmates in the Nueces County Jail than at any other time in her career, adding that classes like this one are essential for helping women build life skills and avoid returning to the system…