Can prison gardens help address the problem with mass incarceration?
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Can prison gardens help address the problem with mass incarceration?
Inmates carry boxes of produce at Correctional Institute
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History
People work in garden at correctional institute
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Mental health in US prisons
Inmates harvest and box up cabbage in garden
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Benefits for the community
Peppers being picked at Berks County Jail
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Benefits for the inmates
An inmate consults garden books at Boulder County Jail’s organic garden
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Concerns, shortcomings, discussion
Inmates tend to garden in Berks County Jail
