Since 2002, Barton Community College has worked alongside the Kansas Department of Corrections to make the world a safer place through inmate education efforts and correction officer training programs. "Public safety is what our focus is at the DOC, and it’s in the best interest of the state to promote education, job skills and workforce training in order to help offenders be able to become successful upon release," said Kansas Department of Corrections Secretary Ray Roberts. Ellsworth Correctional Facility Warden Dan Schnurr also stressed that it is important to realize that most inmates will be released.