Ingham County Sheriff's Department

Jail Education Program

Since the inception of the Lansing School District's Jail Education Program, nearly fifteen hundred (1500) inmates have passed the G.E.D. examination .

The in-house education of jail inmates takes place in the school wing. The jail education program began in the late 1960's, and is currently staffed with an instructor and an instructor's aide provided by the Lansing School District’s Office of Adult and Continuing Education. Since the highest percentage of our inmates will be released to Lansing and the immediate area, the Lansing School District is the service provider. The people working in the school include two Lansing School District Employees and two Sheriff’s Office personnel:

Instructor: Works with inmates testing at eighth grade level and above to prepare them for the General Educational Development (G. E. D.) high school equivalency examination.

Instructional Aide: Supervises the computer lab where inmates of all levels may access academic programs from a wide variety of software.

Intake Coordinator: The position is responsible for the coordination of several in-jail programs, including the G.E.D. Program, which are provided for inmates during their stay of incarceration.

Security Officer: Supervises movement of all inmates coming from residence areas to school wing daily. Maintains daily record of all inmate movement to wing. Provides security on wing while classes are in session.