The 16 inmates began work Monday at the David R. Lee Animal Center – inmates dispense food and clean cages and kennel areas. The sheriff’s office says this new venture provides the inmates with work experience and saves city taxpayers thousands of dollars each year. The inmates are paid $4 a day – a little less than $1 an hour, but double the rate inmate workers usually receive at the jail, the sheriff’s office said. Those selected for the program are serving short sentences for non-violent charges, most for traffic-related offenses.
The inmates are searched before they are escorted on a bus to be taken to the animal center where they are supervised by correctional officers. They are again searched before returning to their jail cells to make sure they didn’t pick anything up while at the center. All inmates wear orange jumpsuits in order to be easily identifiable. They conduct their work in the early-morning hours, before the facility is open to the public in order to clean it up and get the animals at the center are fed.
sounds good
Benny & Lily