Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and one group of Hagerstown, Md., prison inmates is getting a head start.
They`re preparing turkeys for a charity dinner in Baltimore.
"There`s not much we can do in terms of giving back to the community, and sharing the compassion we have for the people of the community and a lot of these guys are from Baltimore and at one time or another all of them been touched by Bea Gaddy," said Rafiki Marshall, an inmate who works for State Use Industries.
Bea Gaddy was a community activist who first started her Thanksgiving dinners in 1981. Inmates who work for State Use Industries spent part of last Monday and Tuesday de-boning 700 turkeys.
After the turkeys are deboned, they are bagged, netted and set aside to be cooked Tuesday evening for six to eight hours.
Only the carcasses will be thrown away. Hearts, gizzards and livers will all be bagged for the turkey giblets.