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| Inmates create Christmas every day |
| By peninsuladailynews.com |
| Published: 01/26/2010 |
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By Paige Dickerson Peninsula Daily News The items that come out of Rufus Kain's crew's toy shop might make Santa jealous. The careful woodworking and intricate details on the toys and furniture delight the organizations that receive them as donations, Kain said. His crew of three to five men are prisoners at Olympic Corrections Center, a state Department of Corrections minimum security facility about 25 miles south of Forks. Minimum security facilities accept offenders that will be released within 48 months. Offenders receive vocational training, job seeking aid, life skills training, chemical dependency treatment and other services. OCC work programs include kitchen, janitorial, camp maintenance, recreation, community service crews and waste treatment operation. The prisoners who work at the toy shop crank out about 350 toys or pieces of furniture per year -- more than the number of days they work. Read More. |
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