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Carpentry teaching
Teaching of the vocational trade of Carpentry to inmates in jails and prisons. Will bring the program as a consultant accross the USA to jails and prisons. For further information visit website thecarpentersfriend.org William Gustavson, Consultant Concord, North Carolina
Quick Facts:
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Inititative/program name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Year Established:
- 2010
- Lead agency/organization name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Population served by initiative/program:
-
- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- Gang members
Carpentry teaching
Contact:
William GustavsonConsultant
The Carpenters Friend
Phone: 704-443-1557
P.O.. Box 1348
Kannapolis, North Carolina 28082
wgustavson@thecarpentersfriend.com
thecarpentersfriend.com
Carpentry teaching
Initiatives and Programs
- Focus of initiative/program:
- Education
- Inititative/program name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Lead agency/organization name:
- The Carpenters Friend
- Funding sources for initiative/program:
- Self
Funding
Partners in the reentry initiative/program
| Informal Agreement | Formal Agreement (e.g., a written contract or an MOU) with this partner. |
Participants
- Population served by initiative/program:
-
- Returning from local detention facilities
- Returning from local jails
- Returning from prison
- Adults
- Juveniles
- Men
- Gang members
- Total number of people who have participated in initiative/program to date:
- 9
- Total number of people currently participating in initiative/program:
- 0
- Total number of people who can be served at one time:
- 1 jail or prison at a time
- If your initiative/program serves people under community corrections supervision, how does your organization work in partnership or work in collaboration with participants’ probation or parole officers?
- Have the ability to setup a Carpentry teaching program to administrators of Jails and prisons to teach the trade to inmates.
Data Collection
- Does your organization collect demographic data on participants?
- No
- Does your organization collect data about the process of your initiative/program?
- No
- Does your organization measure and/or track the outcome of participation?
- No
Activities
- What, if any, activities does your initiative/program include for people while they are incarcerated and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- The Carpentry teaching program is designed with the inmate in mind after having experience teaching inmates and young and adult men.
- What activities does your organization engage in post-release and how do these activities differ from those offered to the general population?
- None at this time
- How are people placed into your program?
- Volunteer