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Program trains inmates to be carpenters, electricians after leaving prison
By ktuu.com- Rebecca Palsha
Published: 07/08/2016

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) When 19-year-old Caitlynn Horton went to prison she was sentenced to five years. She says she was using drugs, and selling drugs to pay for her habit.

"Drugs, drugs, yeah it's bad, it's getting real bad," Horton said.

She's already been here at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center for 10 months and she hopes to get paroled in three more years. When she gets out, she wants to become a plummer and maybe get an apprenticeship with a union.

In the meantime, she's one of about 200 prisoners at Hiland who take one of the 40 to 50 education programs offered here.

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