Staff members at the Warren County Regional Jail are doing what they can to get inmates prepared to rejoin society. They do this through various programs and classes, but they say it also takes encouragement.

Last year, the jail started a program to make sure every inmate got a gift for Christmas.

"We'll use some canteen funding which is a fund that the jail controls that has to benefit the well-being of the inmates here," said Jailer Stephen Harmon.

He went on to say, "Last year it was amazing and sad at the same time. Some people really appreciated it and said, 'If it wasn't for this I would get nothing. I don't have family here, no one visits me, no one writes me letters.' And so if we can make a difference in one inmate's life while we're here, I think that's what we all come to work for every day."

He said the jail staff with go around to each housing unit and give inmates handfuls of 'Christmas goodies' which are some of the best sellers in the commissary.

Jailer Harmon said he wants the inmates at the Warren County Regional Jail to "know if no one else is thinking about them at Christmas time, we are."

The jail staff will hand out these Christmas goodies to the inmates on Friday, Dec. 21.