12-02-2018 17:40 via deseretnews.com

Low-level offenders could undergo job training instead of serving jail sentences under bill

SALT LAKE CITY — Qualifying low-level offenders could undergo job training instead of serving jail time under a pilot program that would be expanded under HB106, which sailed through the Senate Education Committee on Monday.Last summer, Terryl Warner, director of victim services for the Cache County Attorney's Office, created a small pilot program called Cache Achieve to give low-level offenders an opportunity to undergo certificate or job training at Bridgerland Technical College as an al
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