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| Getting Out of Prison to Work with Nature |
| By bendsource.com- Jim Anderson |
| Published: 10/23/2014 |
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Not that many decades ago, chain gangs were dragged out to do work on roads and other jobs needing to be done. Men were, literally, chained to one another and forced to work like beasts of burden. Why not—some people reasoned—they're bad guys in jail and nobody gets a free lunch. Jails and state prisons are now known as correctional institutions which hopefully do what the name implies: help criminals to become worthwhile citizens who will do things for their community, not to it. Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras is trying to do just that—present a sense of responsibility and citizenship to those inmates who want to listen and learn. To accomplish this goal they need help and collaboration, and it has come in the form of US Forest Service fire management. Read More. |
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