Enter one or more words to search. She put to use Friday skills she has learned, taking part in mock interviews with private employers who agreed to role play with the inmates. Keppard was one of 13 female inmates taking part in the mock interviews. Another 90 female inmates took part in job readiness forums led by MDOC officials and representatives from local businesses on topics such as health, budgeting and restoring personal credit, college opportunities and topics related to the job site. The forums reflect topics the female inmates study every day as part of their training program.
Some inmates start with the drug and alcohol treatment program.
This is the first time the forum has been held at the facility and the second one offered by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, said Parker. The first mock job fair exercise was held at the State Penitentiary at Parchman in 1999. A former restaurant manager for a fast-food store in Waveland, Keppard said she found selling drugs paid bigger financial dividends. But when she was arrested, Keppard lost it all. Her children were split up among family members.