For most probationers, learning to read, earning a GED, or gaining acceptance into a higher education program marks the first time in their lives that they have actually attained a worthwhile milestone.
Many probationers are unemployed because they lack minimum educational requirements.
To increase the number of productive, contributing members of society. The program's primary purpose is to provide offenders with academic and social skills that facilitate their ability to be contributing citizens of their communities. The classes are designed to serve those individuals in the 6th -12 th grade level and assess in greater detail the students' weaknesses and concentrate on those areas. The goal is for students to receive their GED diplomas from the Indianapolis Public Schools. Various mediums are used including computers, books, newspapers and magazines.