Walton County Jail Implements Sound Training for Inmates
Channel: Walton County Sheriff's Office
Date: 2017-09-26

Walton County Sheriff’s Office is in the beginning stages of implementing “Sound Training Reform”. Created in Middlesbrough, England the reading program is proven to increase reading ages of participants by an average of 27 months in just six weeks. The Walton County Jail is the first incarceration facility in the United States to pilot the program. 

Sound training consists of six, one hour sessions delivered over a six week period. A tutor, trained by the program’s founder and creator Katy Parkinson, leads a group of four inmates through a variety of activities designed to close the literacy gap. 

As well as improving inmate’s reading ability and comprehension Sheriff Adkinson hopes the program will reduce recidivism.