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Originally Posted by mrvette
Seems like a decent program.....if to save only 1/2 the inmates, at least THEY are productive......
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The camp in our county also has a shop for maintaining all the vehicles they use. This provides vocational training to those who may be older or otherwise not physically capable of fighting fires. They learn how to be diesel mechanics.
In general, California has been weak in the idea of convicts doing work outside the prison. The reason is, if they work on the roads, for instance, all the unions who do that work raise hell. This program is the exception.