Norfolk, VA - The Norfolk Sheriff’s Office graduates its first automotive repair training class for non-violent inmates.

Launched in 2018, the Priority Inmate Technician Training Program is a partnership between Priority Automotive, Tidewater Community College and the Norfolk Sheriff's Office. The program is designed to help inmates study as automotive technicians while still incarcerated and re-enter society with tangible trade skills.

Monday, May 15th fourteen non-violent inmates graduated alongside more than 1000 other Tidewater Community College students.