Presently, across the state of Kansas, there are several non-prison-based workforce programs which are serving to reduce the likeliness of recidivism by allowing offenders the opportunity to develop and improve upon their job and life skills, and become tax-paying, law-abiding citizens.
Since its inception last fall, an Inmate Workforce Program agreement, entered into by the Norton Correctional Facility (NCF), a correctional facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, and Husky Hogs, LLC, a private sector business located in Long Island, Kan. (Phillips County), has been met with a mixed array of opinions from members of the surrounding communities. The program has generated a plethora of interest – and, likewise, has sparked concern – as those unfamiliar with inmate employment have searched for answers to their most sought-after questions.
(Read more: Hays Post)