Jimmy Baker, the chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, speaks to board members at the system’s monthly board meeting on June 11, 2025, at Snead State Community College in Boaz, Alabama. Baker on Wednesday said ACCS would be participating in a task force to study prison education outcomes. (Screenshot, ACCS YouTube)
The state’s community college system plans to launch a task force with a goal of improving outcomes for incarcerated people in the system’s educational programs.
The task force, involving several different government agencies, will focus on working with imprisoned individuals to build skills so they can enter the workforce upon release, Alabama Community College System (ACCS) Chancellor Jimmy Baker said Wednesday, as well work on strategies to reduce recidivism…