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| Inmates help with sandbagging effort |
| By wsiltv.com- John Ross |
| Published: 06/06/2019 |
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DU QUOIN (WSIL) -- Inmates at the Du Quoin Impact Incarceration Program spent the day Wednesday filling sandbags to protect local communities from floodwaters. Superintendent Jason Henton explains the impact incarceration program is an option for non-violent inmates who meet a list of criteria. “Boot camp is a judge recommendation from the court where they recommend them to the 120 days of hard work and physical labor such as they do here. If they fit the criteria for the boot camp, which means they are a first or second time offender, non-violent in nature, and they have a one to eight year sentence, then the judge can make a recommendation for them to come here and do 120 days with us in this military type of highly regimented program. So they get the opportunity to go home in four months,” Henton said. Read More. |
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