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  The Fire Inside
 Issue 34 - Fall 2006/Winter 2007

< Dedication
 
< Working for the P.I.A.
 
< Legal Corner: Work provisions in Title 15
 
< And I am you, too
 
< Work that helps others helps me
 
< Editorial: New Millennium Slavery
 
< Editorial: La Esclavitud del Nuevo Milenio
 
< It's All About Us: How did you survive your time inside?
 
< Prison Labor Hierarchy
 
< CCWP’s celebration
 
< Our Voices Within: Out of the Shadows
 
< A Medical Assistant Stands up for Human Rights
 
< In Memoriam
 
< Vigil for Outreach and Justice
 
< Parole Beat
 
< Special Session Prison Expansion Defeated
 
< First Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Day at VSPW
 
< It's Your Health: Work in Prison
 
< The heath care system in prison has failed us
 
< Coalition for Accountable Health Care Meets with Sillen
 
       

Work that helps others helps me

by Sophia, CCWF

I work for Prison Industry Authority at the Dental Lab making dental prostheses for other prisoners all over the state. I started out earning 30 cents per hour. We get raised periodically and can earn up to 95 cents an hour.

Doing the job that I do here makes me feel good about myself because I know I am doing something productive. Just knowing that I am a part of making something that can boost someone's self-esteem and make them feel good about themselves makes a difference to me. After someone gets the finished product, they are able to smile and being able to smile can help one feel like they can accomplish anything.

I have also received one certificate in Simplifying Posterior Dental Anatomy and I am working on my next one. That could mean one day getting a good job in a dental lab,

I am doing time but I refuse to waste it.

Last updated March 14, 2007 11:19 PM


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