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| Female prisoners in Calif. prep for life outside with Autodesk degree |
| By usatoday.com- Elizabeth Weise |
| Published: 11/24/2015 |
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FOLSOM, CALIF. — Monica Oliva is getting out of prison this month after 13 years and she's got plans —plans that include a job, a life and a lot of time on the computer. Oliva, 37, graduated last week with a coveted certificate in three computer-aided design programs, after a grueling eight-hour-a-day, six-month course she and 17 other women completed while incarcerated at Folsom State Prison Women's Facility. "You're talking to the happiest person in the world," Oliva said as she used a computer in the training center to show off a house she designed using AutoCAD. Originally from Hawaii, she was imprisoned for assault with a deadly weapon. Today she hopes to find a job in the San Francisco Bay area working as a draftsman. "I'm eager, eager to get out of here and put this stuff to use," she said. Read More. |
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