Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor is expanding a program to help inmates find resources and job training while incarcerated in an attempt to reduce the number of repeat offenders.
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Sheriff Taylor says he believes most of the people who serve time in jail would love to never come back.
“If they’ve got jobs, opportunities, it decreases the likelihood of them returning,” Taylor told Channel 2 Gwinnett County Bureau Chief Matt Johnson .
It’s why he says it’s a priority to expand a program that gives inmates opportunities to find work while they’re incarcerated.
“For 95% to 98%t of people behind bars, you’re looking for some kind of positive thing, tangible thing you can latch onto,” said Chief Dep. Cleo Atwater .
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