By James Eik
Staff Reporter 

Offenders receive job training at Airway Heights

Correctional Industries provides valuable skills for the workplace

 

Last updated 12/6/2012 at 1:38pm

James Eik

Workers in the commissary at Airway Heights Corrections Center fill orders from other prison units across Washington state.

Select offenders at Airway Heights Corrections Center are receiving some invaluable real-world experience during their time at the facility, leading up to their release date.

Correctional Industries blends both business and government in an effort to provide offenders with much-needed workplace skills while also providing state facilities with various items, including furniture, clothing, office furnishings and commissary items.

The Airway Heights Corrections Center is the headquarters for a number of the Correctional Industries operations. Around 22 percent of the offenders in the progra...



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