The Career Preparation Capstone (CPC) provides technical college students with the opportunity to experience the culture inside of a correctional facility to gain professional development and exposure to one of the core components of the criminal justice system, the field of corrections. Criminal Justice students will be required to attend scheduled meetings at a facility where they will assist inmates with life skills modules to help prepare them for reintegration into society and to teach them necessary skills to assist them in obtaining and maintaining employment. In addition, the CPC will award inmates with a technical college certificate of completion at the end of each module. This certificate allows inmates that may be released or transferred during the program a chance to still be rewarded for each module completed. The four modules are as follows and will be explained in more detail throughout this capstone: (1) Job Readiness and Office Etiquette; (2) Personal Finances and Financial Management; (3) Basic English, Grammar, and Writing Skills; and (4) Netiquette and Basic Computer Skills. The Career Preparation Capstone will fulfill the requirements for students completing the Criminal Justice Technology Associates Degree at any of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) schools. Students will enroll in the semester-long course (16 weeks), which will be offered each semester. The decision for which institution the students will be visiting will be at the discretion of the individual TCSG school. If approved by TCSG, the CPC will be available for all TCSG colleges and for implementation in jails and prisons across the state. TCSG criminal justice instructors will need preapproval from the specific jail or prison to implement the program. Students will be permitted access with their instructor but will need a driver's license or school identification card at each visit and must walk through a metal detector. Timely access is desired but is at the discretion of the correctional facility based on the number of visitors that may be entering the facility at the same time. A literature review was conducted to understand the skills inmates lack when they are released and to review the courses that some states have successfully implemented in their prisons. The CPC program is broadening the typical definition of life skills which usually focuses on the psychological and physical well-being of the person. In addition, this research is creatively joining criminal justice and correctional education. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]