Incarcerated Atlanta Fathers To Get New Opportunity For Employment

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chief of Corrections Patrick Labat and other city officials are shown with some of the first eight people who have completed a new job-training program for incarcerated fathers.

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Atlanta city officials announced a new job-training program Monday aimed at incarcerated fathers.

Nonviolent offenders in Atlanta’s Department of Corrections who have kids will now have the chance to undergo job training and start working while still in jail.

Atlanta Chief of Corrections Patrick Labat said rebuilding families is what inspired the program.