The GED test is the same test given to the general public. Any inmate who achieves the 8 th grade Functional Literacy standard, or an incoming inmate who tests above the 8 th grade standard, but who does not have a high school diploma or GED, may enroll in the GED Preparation Program. Vocational Education Program . ADC contracts with seven Community Colleges around the state to provide Vocational Education instruction to inmates who have a high school diploma or GED, but who have no identifiable work or employment skills. The Vocational Education Programs are designed to train inmates for work within the prison and to make them employable upon release.
Programs can take anywhere from six months to two years to complete.
An inmate may enroll in a Vocational Education Program if they do not have a high school diploma or GED if they concurrently enroll and actively participate in the GED Preparation Program. Special Education Program. There are a total of 174 certified education positions providing services to inmates incarcerated in the ten ADC prison complexes and the three private prisons contracting with ADC statewide. Twenty-two of the education positions are certified to provide Special Education services. In addition, there are 38 librarian positions.