Louisiana DOC partnered with Goodwill to host Crime and Justice Correctional Training

The Department of Public Safety and Corrections extended appreciation to Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana for recently hosting the Crime and Justice Institute’s Core Correctional Practices for Community Partners Training in Houma. “Staff throughout the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, including probation and parole officers, correctional officers, and transition specialist, use core correctional practices to help individuals navigate behavior change. We are excited to bring this training to out community partners,” reads a statement from Louisiana DOC.

Trainers Shounda Edwards of Goodwill Industries of Southeast Louisiana, Chelsea Jones of the Department of Corrections, and Hester Serrano and Jeri Mestayer of the Division of Probation and Parole facilitated the training at the Goodwill Opportunity Center in Houma. Participating community partners included Goodwill Industries, the Lafourche Day Reporting Center, Fletcher Technical Community College, the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Beacon Light Baptist Church, and We Inspire LA.