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| IDOC 'Red Shirt' crew jump-starts Orogrande Community Protection Project |
| By idahocountyfreepress.com |
| Published: 08/22/2016 |
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OROGRANDE — The Orogrande Community Protection Project got a jump start in July when Idaho Department of Correction’s (IDOC) Red Shirt crew joined forces with forest personnel. The Red Shirts, comprised of 10 crew members from the Idaho Corrections Institute in Orofino, put training they had acquired to use cutting, brushing, and piling around the community of Orogrande. Corrections Officer Spencer, said of the group, “They are ready to go to work.” The IDOC crew members earn $1.25 an hour. Wages earned in projects like the Orogrande project can be used to send money home, pay for child support, and purchase items in the commissary like pop, candy and Ramen noodles. Skills learned and utilized help inmates reintegrate back into the community and find jobs. When crew members were asked if they had spent time in the forest and done similar work, a range of experience, from one who had grown up in that line of work to another who was originally from Sacramento and had never done any kind of related work or spent time on forest lands, was shared. Read More. |
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