Shadow
11-25-2011, 11:21 AM
Intersesting idea...putting inmates to work,while at the same time teaching them about agriculture. Wonder if they will use this to their benefit after they are released from jail?
MADISONVILLE, Ky. – A vegetable garden tended by inmates at the Hopkins County Jail helped trim the food budget at the facility by $15,000 this year.
The Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday cited the savings as one of several reasons the jail received special recognition at the annual Farm-City Breakfast.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/24/inmate-grown-vegetable-garden-trims-15g-from-food-budget/?test=latestnews#ixzz1ejcB0nTv
MADISONVILLE, Ky. – A vegetable garden tended by inmates at the Hopkins County Jail helped trim the food budget at the facility by $15,000 this year.
The Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday cited the savings as one of several reasons the jail received special recognition at the annual Farm-City Breakfast.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/24/inmate-grown-vegetable-garden-trims-15g-from-food-budget/?test=latestnews#ixzz1ejcB0nTv