A program that taught more than 75 adult and youth offenders marketable skills at four correctional institutions in Manitoba is being dissolved by the Pallister government, CBC has learned. The ManCor Prison Industries program was designed to teach offenders marketable trades to increase their chances of getting a job after they are released. The soon-to-be cancelled program included:a carpentry shop and graphic arts shop at Milner Ridge Correctional Centre. a computer refurbishment shop, upholstery shop, tailor shop and blanket program at Headingley Correctional Centre. The John Howard Society's John Hutton says he hopes that the province has something to replace the program that trains inmates while incarcerated.

Source: CBC News May 01, 2018 10:02 UTC