Teaching prisoners to dive...

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

A Reuters blurb today said that prisoners in Chino are being taught to dive while incarcerated, using a 7 m deep prison pool. They are later given commercial dive training to prepare them for underwater construction jobs. Officers note that racial tensions between divers tend to be lessened since they are forced to depend on each other for safety... (an observation from the school of "duh").

The C in C-card might now mean "convicted" ... from breaking rocks to nitrox? Enough puns.

If it keeps them straight, I'm all for it...but where can I get access to a 7 m training pool at state expense?????

 

[SparticleBrane]

Wow that's awesome--I'm all for it if it's good for them.

 

[RussR]

Chino rocks!

 

[RV]

Chino, California ?

 

[H2Andy]

somebody did a study a few years back and prisoners who can find a job upon leaving prison (mostly because of training while in jail) have a very low reciditivism (?) rate, compared to those who can't find a job within (i forget) three or four months.

costs less to train a prisoner while in jail than to house him again when he breaks the law again ... so ...

this sounds like a good deal

 

[RV]

somebody's gotta say it and I know I'm not the only one thinking it, but.... my first thought was.... disposable commercial divers

 

[Green_Manelishi]

A Reuters blurb today said that prisoners in Chino are being taught to dive while incarcerated, using a 7 m deep prison pool. They are later given commercial dive training to prepare them for underwater construction jobs. Officers note that racial tensions between divers tend to be lessened since they are forced to depend on each other for safety... (an observation from the school of "duh").

The C in C-card might now mean "convicted" ... from breaking rocks to nitrox? Enough puns.

If it keeps them straight, I'm all for it...but where can I get access to a 7 m training pool at state expense?????

Have you considered committing an arrestable offense and being sent to Chino?

I'm all for convicts serving their time in a cell, dining on bread and water, thinking about their crime and reading a good book. I'd rather tax $$$ be spent providing job training for non-lawbreakers that can't afford to pay for their own training.

 

[1_T_Submariner]

As long as it is for Work then I'm ok with it. I'm sure they would be happy to pay back the training expenses once they are back on their feet.

 

[JcoldwaterIL]

so if i get convicted of a crime i can dive for free? And here iv'e been a law abiding sucker paying for it this whole time.

 

[shakeybrainsurgeon]

Yes, Chino in California. The inmates had to be serving less than 4 years (obviously...why train a lifer to dive).