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    :: Monday, June 04, 2007 ::

    New Program Trains Calif. Inmates In Carpentry- NBC 11.com, CA
    California's Folsom State Prison was made famous in a Johnny Cash song some 40 years ago, but the prison is forging a new reputation.

    In the first program of its type in the nation, Folsom is training inmates to become union carpenters.

    Dave Slaughter, who is serving time at Folsom State Prison for vehicular manslaughter, is paying his dues while learning to be a union carpenter.
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