Jeff Patton, a medium-security inmate at Snake River Correctional Institution works through a training program last week, part of a virtual vocational education agenda to help inmates get training and certification in specific careers before they leave state custody. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL)
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Inmates learn heavy equipment skills without ever leaving Snake River

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A virtual training program offered at Snake River Correctional Institution is designed to give inmates skills they can translate into meaningful employment after they are released . . .

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Pat Caldwell is a reporter for the Malheur Enterprise and a veteran Oregon journalist.