What Programs and Outside Work Opportunities Are Available at Whitworth Women's Facility
Programs and work assignments shape daily life at Whitworth Women's Facility—and can help your loved one build real skills while she's there. Here's what's available in academics, counseling, vocational training, and outside work.
Whitworth offers academic programming to help women catch up on basics or finish a key credential. Options include General Education Diploma (GED) classes, Adult Basic Education, and literacy/remedial courses. For many, these classes build confidence with reading, writing, and math - skills that matter for everyday life, job readiness, and continuing education after release.
- ✓ Moral Recognition Therapy
- ✓ Matrix
- ✓ Relapse Group
- ✓ Motivation for Change
- ✓ Re-Entry
- ✓ Active Parenting
- ✓ Family Violence groups
Vocational and on-the-job training (OJT) at Whitworth focuses on practical work experience. Assignments include custodial maintenance, grounds maintenance, laundry, and building maintenance repair - roles that teach routines, workplace expectations, and hands-on skills. Food service is another option, with positions in food preparation, baker and cook apprentice roles, and kitchen helper jobs. These can help someone learn kitchen operations and food production in a structured environment.
Women who qualify can be assigned to outside work details serving local jurisdictions. The facility lists Hart, Elbert, and Madison Counties as assignment areas, plus the Cities of Elberton, Lavonia, and Royston. If your loved one gets placed on an outside detail, she may leave the facility during the day to work at one of these locations.
Outside work details can also include state agency assignments. Whitworth lists the Georgia Department of Transportation and the Department of Natural Resources as possible placement locations.
Programs and work details shape the rhythm of your loved one's week. Counseling groups like Re-Entry, Motivation for Change, or Relapse Group run on set schedules. Outside work details - whether in Hart, Elbert, or Madison Counties, cities like Elberton, Lavonia, and Royston, or with the Georgia Department of Transportation or Department of Natural Resources - can mean she's away from the housing area for parts of the day. If you're planning calls or letters, or just want to understand what she's working toward, ask her directly which classes, groups, or details she's assigned to and what her current routine looks like.
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