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Mobile BMV makes stop
By tribstar.com
Published: 10/22/2009

CARLISLE — Getting a state identification card may seem a simple thing. Just show a few documents to prove who you are, and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles will issue the free photo ID card.

But that’s not the case for many people recently released from prison. In many cases, all they have for identification is a prison ID card, and many places will not accept that ID to cash checks or apply for jobs.

So, in an example of state agencies working together, the Indiana Department of Correction and the BMV have teamed up to start the ID card process for inmates before they are released from prison.

On Wednesday, the Mobile BMV vehicle was at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility churning out those ID cards for offenders who are approaching the end of their prison sentence.

“It’s a huge step,” offender Antwain Turetine said as he waited outside the Mobile BMV unit. “It’ll help you get through the door.”

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