History of the Boot Camp
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History of the Boot Camp
Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan began developmental discussions for the Boot Camp in 1992. A change in state legislation allowed the county to begin an impact incarceration program for persons who would otherwise be sentenced to prison. The Boot Camp opened in 1997 and when he took office in 2007, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart pledged to continue the Boot Camp’s mission of comprehensive rehabilitation. Under Sheriff Dart’s guidance, the Boot Camp’s mission is expanding to include a carpentry program and being named an official G.E.D. testing site.