Wisconsin prisoners learn farming and ag job skills

Wisconsin prisoners learn farming and ag job skills

(L-R Wisconsin Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Secretary Randy Romanski, Wisconsin Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr, Bureau of Correctional Enterprises Director Wes Ray at Waupun, WI state-operated dairy farm)

A successful Wisconsin job training program is giving some people farming and people skills for future employment. 

Director Wes Ray refers to the inmates as persons in their care, and each one must earn a chance to work on the farm or in the dairy plant, and they go through an interview process just like any other business.

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