“Political will” works for Douglas Can it work for Winslow?

She emphasized that this would be of minimum risk to citizens of Winslow. “Only the lowest-risk individuals would be allowed to work on the crews,” she said.

The community of Douglas has come to appreciate the inmate contribution to their city, Bombardier said. “The warden had high marks for Ortega and the community in general.”

The trip to Douglas illustrated how the prison population at Winslow’s own facility might be of service to the community that hosts it—while providing positive experience to the inmates themselves. With funding cuts expected from the results of the 2000 Census, Winslow will need to seek new ways to tighten its belt while continuing the revitalization trend of the past few years. Bombardier and the other participants of the visit to Douglas have seen first hand how “political will” could be a valuable tool to both ends.

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