Education & Degrees at Bibb County Correctional Facility: Vocational Training and the BTS Seminary Program
If your loved one is at Bibb County Correctional Facility, they have access to both hands-on job training and a structured seminary program. Here's what's available at Bibb, plus practical ways you can support their participation.
Bibb County Correctional Facility's stated mission includes providing educational programs - along with substance abuse treatment and other self-improvement options - to help people prepare for reentry. Education isn't treated as an extra here. It's part of what the facility says it exists to provide.
Vocat Programs
- ✓ Carpentry (offered through Ingram State Technical College)
- ✓ Plumbing (offered through Ingram State Technical College)
- ✓ HVAC (offered through Ingram State Technical College)
- ✓ Electrical (offered through Ingram State Technical College)
Bibb's vocational programs run through Ingram State Technical College. The documented trades - carpentry, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical - are skills that translate directly into employment after release. For someone looking for a clear, practical path into work, these programs offer exactly that.
Bibb also hosts the Birmingham Theological Seminary (BTS) Prison Initiative Program. It's an intensive, two-year ministry training program for inmates in Alabama's corrections system, built around structured study.
Getting into the BTS program isn't as simple as signing up. Every other year, 15 inmates are interviewed and selected from prisons across the state, then transferred to Bibb to take the seminary classes. Participation depends on that selection cycle.
The program has real outcomes. At one graduation ceremony held at Bibb, ten inmates received certificates through the BTS Prison Initiative.
Four inmates at Bibb have also earned Masters of Arts in Biblical Studies through the BTS Prison Initiative.
Family Support
- ✓ Encourage your loved one to ask staff about current education and vocational opportunities at Bibb, including what the next steps look like for participation.
- ✓ If your loved one is interested in the BTS Prison Initiative, ask about the interview/selection cycle and what needs to happen for someone to be considered.
- ✓ Call the facility to ask where to direct questions about education programming: (205) 926-5252.
Bibb County Correctional Facility is located at 565 Bibb Lane, Brent, AL 35034. Keep this address handy when confirming you're speaking with the right office or tracking your communications.
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