Company: Community Education Centers
Industry: Reentry treatment, Education services
Description: Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC), founded as a private corrections company in West Caldwell, New Jersey, specialized in operating residential reentry facilities (halfway houses), jails, and in-prison drug treatment programs. Before its acquisition by GEO Group in April 2017 for $360 million, CEC managed 14 jails, primarily in Texas and 26 reentry centers across 17 U.S. states and Bermuda, including its largest facility, the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania (capacity: 1,883). It also provided federally contracted reentry services and tribal-funded treatment programs in six states, emphasizing housing, therapy, and job training for inmates at a cost of about $70 per day per resident.
Financially, CEC’s operations were robust; in 2011, New Jersey contracts alone totaled $71 million out of a $105 million budget for halfway houses, highlighting its significant role in cost-effective correctional services. Employee numbers are not publicly detailed, but the scale of 40+ facilities supported thousands in the corrections sector.
For job seekers, CEC (now under GEO Group) offers opportunities in a challenging field: correctional officers, facility managers, reentry counselors, drug treatment specialists, and administrative roles in operations and compliance. Despite past controversies like staff misconduct and inadequate supervision, it provides stable careers in public safety. (according to Wikipedia and the company).
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