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Executive Order Prompts BOP to Expand Prison Apprenticeship Programs

Loaded on March 5, 2019 by Dale Chappell published in Prison Legal News March, 2019, page 62
Filed under: Prison Reform, Education. Location: United States of America.

by Dale Chappell

An executive order issued by President Donald Trump has prompted the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to develop “National Standards of Apprenticeship” to expand apprenticeship programs for federal prisoners, according to an April 10, 2018 post on the BOP’s website.

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