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"At Macquarie Correctional Centre in western New South Wales, a story of
collaboration and persistence is unfolding. Inmates and prison officers are
farming commercial quantities of fresh food in a purpose-built indoor facility.
One of the 400 male offenders in maximum security at Macquarie contacted me
with the idea about five years ago, proposing it would form the basis of a PhD.
I agreed to supervise the project.
Inmates at Macquarie Correctional Centre are encouraged to further their
education and follow their interests. The approach is modelled on the
Scandinavian prison system, which has the world’s lowest re-offending rates.
The project shows food gardening provides a meaningful activity for inmates,
some of whom never had the opportunity to learn how to plant and grow produce."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
