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Menlo Park cooking class helps keep former inmates out of jail (VIDEO)

Leave a Comment / Culture & Features, Features, Frontpage Featured, Multimedia / By Amanda Schwab

Cooking is one of the most popular classes offered by Job Train, a Menlo Park program that teaches former inmates skills that will help them get jobs. However, the program lacks funding in tough economy.

San Mateo County inmates train dogs for Humane Society (VIDEO)

Leave a Comment / Culture & Features, Frontpage Featured, Multimedia / By Amanda Schwab

San Mateo County minimum-security inmates are helping the Peninsula Humane Society train difficult dogs so they can be adopted by Bay Area families.

San Mateo County Transitional Facility teaches inmates how to cook

Leave a Comment / Culture & Features, Frontpage Featured / By Amanda Schwab

Thanks to the passion of two chefs, the San Mateo County Transitional Facility now teaches inmates cooking skills that prepare them for possible jobs when they re-enter society.