Inmates Building Cabins To Put In Ohio's State Parks

A new state partnership has formed to increase the amount of cabins available at Ohio’s parks -- built by Ohio’s inmates. 

While touring the Ohio Department of Natural Resources park at the Ohio State Fair visitors can spot a newly built, single unit, air conditioned cabin. The cabin is a prototype of what the state plans to put in about 24 of its parks.

Inmates housed at the Chillicothe facility will be in charge of building more than 60 of these cabins.

Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Director Gary Mohr says this project can teach inmates helpful, life skills.

Mohr: “If you think about it, one person’s notgonnabuild this, there’sgonnabe a team of folks building this and I think in life, social team building and working with other people is pretty darn important.”

The state hopes to have the cabins ready to use by next summer.

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