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(FBOP) - In fiscal year 2024, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) established a new video series titled, Unlocking Potential, featuring a variety of programs it has available to prepare adults in our custody to return to their families and communities as better individuals and neighbors. This second video of the series showcases a group of females in custody at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Alderson, West Virginia. This minimum-security camp is also the home of Company 25, an all-volunteer, all-female adult in custody fire brigade.
Finding meaningful work after release from prison can be a daunting task, particularly for those individuals who have been incarcerated for many years. Many adults in FBOP custody acquire valuable skills and work experience through programs like Federal Prison Industries (FPI), vocational training opportunities, apprenticeships, certification training and/or other First Step Act Evidence-Based Recidivism Reduction (EBRR) Programs and Productive Activities (PA). Individuals nearing release may need to learn, perhaps for the first time, a trade or skill to allow them to secure meaningful employment with a living wage and better ensure their successful reentry to the community.
The female members of the Alderson Federal Prison Camp fire brigade learn viable firefighting skills and are trained in the same programs as volunteer firemen in the community. These skills include training on hoses, fire suppression tactics, search and rescue, and simulated fire response. Once trained and certified to provide firefighting services for the federal prison camp, the brigade also provides backup for volunteer fire departments in the local community.
It takes hard work and determination to successfully complete the program that not only teaches firefighting skills but instills life skills such as teamwork, leadership, and responsibility. But, more importantly, FPC Alderson's Fire Brigade is a great example of First Step Act programming designed to help reduce the risk that adults in federal custody will go back to criminal behaviors upon their release from prison.
Flat Usb Micro Cable Seventeen of the females featured in this video were able to take full advantage of the opportunities they were provided while incarcerated and completed the firefighting skills training program with perfect scores. The FBOP is excited to release the second video of the Unlocking Potential video series (see above): FPC Alderson's All-female Fire Brigade.