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Prison Build Program, Michigan Department of Corrections


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First House
In March of 2000, a three-bedroom house built by state prisoners was loaded on a truck and driven through the streets of Saginaw, Michigan, to a site where a young Hispanic woman and her four-year-old son were to make their home.

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• Past, Present & Future
How many times do you have a prison program that all the politicians, the general public and prisoner advocacy groups can support?

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• Education and Training
Using a systems approach to training prisoners to build houses and housing components, the Michigan Prison Build Program is working with other state agencies, housing contractors and landscape architects ...

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Building houses and housing components and providing horticulture products are only the first step for these prisoners in making a successful return to the community.

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