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Prison program offers inmates skills for outside success
By alaskastar.com- Cinthia Ritchie
Published: 10/30/2014

The classroom at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center was serene and airy with silver-soft light filtering across the room. Bright nature murals sprawl across the walls and large windows overlook a tree-filled courtyard.

Suddenly, women shuffled in, a dozen sneakered feet, a dozen yellow-orange pants and loose shirts with HMCC stamped across the back in bold, black letters.

The women were Hiland inmates attending workshop sessions as part of the Success Inside & Out agenda. In its ninth year, the program highlights tips and coping strategies for pre-release inmates, offering panels and classes in such areas as probation tips, educational horizons, child custody and re-entry support.

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