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Iowa offers prison apprenticeship program but zero graduates yet
The Gazette details an Iowa Dept. of Corrections program launched in 2015 to train offenders in trades like welding and plumbing. Steve Shewry, released Jan 30, found work as a sheet metal worker after five months, highlighting job prospects from apprenticeships at Ottumwa contractor Winger Companies. More than 70 offenders have completed apprenticeships since 2015. 19 programs exist statewide.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Steve Shewry
Phillips Machine & Metal Fab
Oskaloosa
Winger Companies
Ottumwa
Shewry
Phillips Machine
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Namosa
Lynnville
Andy Noe
Noe
Steve
Iowa
Iowa Department of Corrections
U.S. Department of Labor