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CA: Prison to ax its woodworking classes. Adult programs and rehabilitation programs have 2/3 of their budgets cut

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison to ax its woodworking classes Written by Ashley Archibald, The Union Democrat January 05, 2010 Sonora, CA For the past 10 years, Randy Bland has held a job that might make some people nervous. He oversees the mill and cabinetry class at Sierra Conservation Center, a program that teaches inmates the basics of the cabinet-making trade. That?s 27 felons bearing power tools. ?I love it,? Bland, 51, said, standing in the kitchen that his wife, Susan, designed and he created in their Sonora home. ?It?s a satisfying thing. I?d do it until I retired.? However, deep cuts in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation budget mean that this, a graphic design class and a print shop all will be axed from the SCC curriculum by the end of January...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).