NV DOC – Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center (FMWCC)

Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center offers a wide range of programs for all of the inmate population which include but are not limited to: Addiction Prevention Education, Commitment to Change, Domestic Violence, Victim Awareness and Women's Health and Hygiene. Vocational training is also offered, which includes Flagging, Forklift Operator, Flower Design and Arrangement. Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center is dedicated to providing long-term programs which include: Pups on Parole in where the inmates are trained to be certified dog handlers. The dogs are trained for appropriate placement in Southern Nevada. The Toastmasters program is also available. STARS is a dedicated 120 bed intensive in-house substance abuse program. Included in the Re-entry Program is a Solar Institute that offers inmates a trade that can be used for employment upon release. Clark County School District currently offers education to obtain a GED, High School Diploma, Associate of Arts in General Studies and Computer Skills Training. College of Southern Nevada also offers college-level courses.

Prison Industries –

Prison Industries currently employs 75 inmates.

Incentives for Inmates
Nevada law provides incentives for offenders to earn an education while incarcerated; among these incentives is the application of educational credits toward the reduction of sentences. An offender, who earns a certificate, educational or vocational, while behind bars, may qualify to expedite his/her release date.
Reducing Recidivism
When combined with other rehabilitative programs, education is a powerful factor in reducing recidivism. Rigorous study gives offenders the intellectual leverage they need to revise their view of themselves and leave prison better equipped to contribute positively to their families and communities. Education has been the longest running and most successful rehabilitative program in our prison history.
Community Resources
Friends and Family of Incarcerated Persons, Inc. (FFIP)
FFIP is designed to provide support to friends and family of those incarcerated. The group's contact information is as follows:
P. O. Box 27708
Las Vegas, NV 89126
ffipnv.org
Little Children Big Challenges: Incarceration
Sesame Street's newest initiative is a bilingual (English/Spanish) multimedia outreach, providing much-needed resources to support and comfort young children (ages 3-8) throughout their parents' incarceration.
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-room/incarceration/
Vocational Training
More than 78% of inmates come to prison with minimal job training. Vocational skills are taught to Nevada inmates by the school districts and colleges, prison industries, and the Nevada Division of Forestry. Inmates can learn culinary skills, construction trades, animal science, fire-fighting, auto mechanics and restoration, business and management, equipment repair, HVAC installation and repair, welding, furniture manufacturing, dry cleaning, computer skills and more. Inmates may also get prison jobs as clerks, cooks, janitors, maintenance workers, landscapers, construction crews and other such positions that provide them on-the-job training.

Programs: Vocational Training, Educational Opportunities, and Treatment Services

Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center offers a wide range of programs for all of the inmate population which include but are not limited to: Anger & Aggression, Clark County Parenting, Commitment to Change I, II & III, employment Skills, Healthy Steps to Freedom, Seeking Safety I, II & III, Sex Offenders Treatment program, Straight Ahead, Survivors Overcoming Abuse and Rape, Thinking for a Change, Turning Point and Victim Impact. The Toastmasters Program and Alcoholics Anonymous are also available.

STARS/New Light

STARS/New Light is a dedicated 120 bed intensive in-house substance abuse program. The Therapeutic Community (TC) is a structured environment that helps participants learn strategies to avoid substance abuse, re-structure their thinking, and regulate their emotions while also developing social skills necessary to maintain healthy relationships.

Clark County School District

The primary goal of the Education Program is to provide inmate students with institutional activities, both academic and vocational, which lead toward the attainment of an Adult High School Diploma.

The secondary goal is to prepare students with the academic skills to pass the Hi-Set (High School Equivalency)

Re-Entry

The Re-Entry Program goal is to assist the Re-Entry participant with the life style, basic employment and behavioral modification skills to re-enter society as a productive member.

Pups on Parole

The Pups on Parole Program works with Heaven Can Wait Animal Society to rescue dogs from a shelter, bring them to the program and train the inmates to train the dog to be ready for adoption in the community. Inmates are also trained to be dog handlers.

New Path Cosmetology Class/Vocational Class

The mission of the New Path Cosmetology Class is to recruit, teach and train each inmate that is approved for this program, to master the art and sciences of the cosmetology industry

Prison Industries

Prison Industries currently employs 15 to 80 inmates.