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Oysters teach about the environment
By The Daily Times
Published: 10/29/2008

DELAWARE - Michael Carey, 28, wasn't thinking about oysters when he stole a teal Thunderbird for a joyride to Ocean City. But three years later, he and six other inmates at Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover were not only thinking about oysters, they were trying to save them. Through the process, the inmates gained work skills, confidence and a bit of redemption.

More than 100 inmates responded to a flier asking for help building 1,000 oyster cages for Gov. Martin O'Malley's Marylanders Grow Oysters Project, in which waterfront property owners grow oysters from their piers along the Tred Avon River. Seven inmates were selected. Read more.

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