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| Recidivism Rate Falls, As Prison Inmates Reshape Their Lives |
| By melodika.net |
| Published: 08/30/2012 |
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South Carolina -- Learning vocational woodworking skills in prison is credited with leading to a dramatic drop in the recidivism at Ridgeland Correctional Facility, according to Al Tuten, who heads up the prison’s Vocational Trade Program. “We have about 1,300 inmates at the Ridgeland Correctional Facility, and at present, about 30 guys are enrolled in our Vocational Trade Program focusing on woodworking,” said Tuten, who estimates that about 1,000 inmates have gone through the two to three-year woodworking program over the last 15 years. “The wonderful news is that the recidivism rate for our graduates is only about 30 to 35 percent, as opposed to around 70 percent among the general prison population.” Read More. |
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I wonder if these woodworking skills are going to be able to assist sex offenders who have completed their sentences. Most are wandering all over the country just to find a place to pitch a tent.