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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


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