The incarcerated population at Indiana Correctional Industries (ICI), specifically the Branchville Correctional Facility, recently donated 40 crosses they made to a local Catholic Charity in Perry County. The crosses are to be utilized by Catholic Charities of Perry County as a memorial to those who were lost to COVID-19 in 2020.
“In my opinion, the value of digital transformation is most evident when we create meaningful efficiencies, increase transparency and improve the user experience. As with many agencies in the state, CALPIA is continually transforming. I do not anticipate a day where we say we are finished; only a day where we ask ourselves what we’re going to tackle next,” says Suzie Changus, CIO for the California Prison Industry Authority.
Incarcerated Individuals with Nevada's local Prison Industries program actually made all the replicas of the historic sandstone carriage stones by hand from rocks picked out at the old Nevada State Prison quarry. "Visit Carson City approached us, and we met with the historical people down here, collaborated on how we're going to do these rocks. The medallions that are downtown, those were picked up, we polished those, we fabricated plaques to identify the historical markings, and offenders carved those rocks by hand," said Bill Quenga, Deputy Director with the Prison Industries program. Now their work is on display at nearly 50 historic sites in the capital city!
