GREEN BAY, Wis.- William Petty is one of many inmates at the Green Bay Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison, who's working to better himself while behind bars.
"If you can do it in here, you can go out there and do it out there," said Petty.
He's working to better himself behind bars after learning possibilities are out there.
"It's a very robust job market at the moment and all things being equal we expect it to continue that way," said Bay Area Workforce Development Board executive director, Jim Golembeski.
Several employers talking with the inmates to let them know they want to hire them and showing the guys there's a need.
"It feels good to be thought about as far as being an inmate and incarcerated and having people come in here and tell us, hey there is better for you, there is change for you and there's people willing to help," said inmate Thomas Greiner
The Challenges and Possibilities program is one the prison warden says really makes a difference in the prisoners.
"It gives them more opportunities to learn how to be more proactive and more social while in here," said Green Bay Correctional Institution warden, Brian Foster.
It's showing the inmates they can find jobs and be productive members of society once they get out.
"Learning that they sill look at you as a human and not just as an inmate or a convict or a bad person, they look at you as a person who made a bad decision or a bad choice," said Petty.
Giving hope to those who thought finding work would be impossible after serving time behind bars.
