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The inmates worked or studied full days five days a week and were deployed as other volunteers helping residents with personal hygiene and feeding. Inmates were sometimes motivated to participate initially by a desire to leave the Correctional Center campus, but in some cases found a vocation they planned to pursue after release.
The Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PIECP) is a federal program that was initiated along with the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Prison-Industries Act in 1979. [68] Before these programs, prison labor for the private sector had been outlawed for decades to avoid competition. [ 68 ]
In 1970, a commercial diver training program started at CIM. In following years, the program's graduates had much success in finding jobs after release from prison and a recidivism rate of only 12 percent. [10] The program was "closed in 2003 due to budget constraints," but reopened in 2006. [11] Inmate Kevin Cooper escaped from
The California Department of Corrections is piloting a new “Youth Offender Program” where inmates between under age 26 who have more severe sentences on their record are eligible for fire ...
In August 2016, an inmate was stabbed to death by other inmates in the F building. Officers responded to the call of a fight around 10 AM and found the victim, John A. O'Sullivan lying on the floor with multiple stab and puncture wounds. [20] In May 2023, Nicholas Joseph Delfosse, an inmate at JCI, was found in his cell with multiple injuries.
After visiting a business class at San Quentin State Prison, Chris Redlitz and Beverly Parenti created The Last Mile. The program was founded to address the high rates of unemployment amongst the formerly incarcerated population after they are released, by empowering justice-impacted people with the skills needed to succeed in today's job market.
The program provides meaningful work while inmates learn valuable job skills in a realistic work environment. This improves an inmate's chance of getting a job and becoming a productive citizen upon release from prison. The creative arts program is self-financing, and has helped other state agencies develop similar wood working programs. [3]
The county will collaborate with Legacy Alliance to develop social enterprise programs modeled after Homeboy Industries, which has former inmates and gang members working together in a bakery ...