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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rabbitcreekok" data-source="post: 1344248" data-attributes="member: 14809">Perhaps they have a program like we used to have here in McAlester.  We have Big Mac, where all the very worst types live out their lives and we have Jackie Brannon Correctional Center.Several years ago Jackie Brannon had a program where local businesses could hire inmates at whatever wage was the going rate.  The inmates were at the lowest level of security and were a relatively short time from release.  They were always at work because they did not want to hang around the prison and they always had a ride, so they were never late.They had to turn over a portion of their wages to OSP to cover their upkeep.  They made pretty good employees.  Most of them were not in for violent offenses.Another option was to work for the City or Non-profits for no wages, but they got two days off their sentences for each day worked.I don't really know why they dropped the program, but they did.  Not the only place we see them is picking up trash along the highways.</blockquote>