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| Beekeeping Certification Gives Florida Inmates Skills For A Second Chance |
| By http://www.wuft.org/ |
| Published: 04/30/2015 |
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A group of 17 inmates at the Reception and Medical Center in Lake Butler will be the latest class of certified beekeepers from the center’s Beekeeping Program. In 2011, the Florida Department of Corrections and the Florida Department of Agriculture created the re-entry program for inmates who were about to be released. Every Tuesday, the inmates in the program come out to the RMC work camp from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. to get hands-on experience. Completion of the three-month-long program earns inmates a beekeeping certification from the Florida Department of Agriculture. This program began with one RMC corrections worker. Read More. |
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