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Wardens praise BCC partners
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A new carpentry program for inmates at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility is one of several innovations made possible by a partnership with Barton Community College, LCMHF Warden Doug Waddington said Tuesday.Waddington and other administrators from the Kansas Department of Corrections talked to college trustees about the work BCC is doing, and what they’d like to see in the future. The college’s department of Workforce Training and Community Education has secured grants and a Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) contract to offer courses at LCMHF, Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility and Ellsworth Correctional Facility. Some inmates earn GED diplomas; others take college courses or earn certificates in trades such as welding, plumbing, computers or manufacturing skills.“We wanted a carpentry program,” Waddington said, but there was no space.