The Chicago Public Schools and Citywide Community College offer grammer and high school, special education and college classes, Adult Basic Education, and General Education Diploma preparation.
PACE
Established in 1967, PACE facilitates academic and life skills programming
for male and female pretrial detainees. PACE is a division of the Safer Foundation, a not-for-profit agency
providing former offenders with life-skills and prevention counseling, academic
enrichment, work place training and jobs. At Cook County Jail, PACE staff
and volunteers teach academic and computer literacy skills to pre-trial
detainees. Additional services include personal, group, family, alcohol
and drug abuse counseling as well as single-parenting and prevention seminars.
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