FOLSOM PRISON IS SERVING UP
SAVORY DELIGHTS IN A PROGRAM
CATER TO ITS WOMEN INMATES.
THE PRISON GRADUATED ITS FIRST
CULINARY CLASS.
THE INMATES NOT ONLY LEARN
COLLEGE CREDITS BUT THE HOPE IS
TO PROVIDE THEM A SKILL THAT
WILL LEND THEM A JOB AFTER THE
RELIEF.
-- RELIEF.
FROM THE PRISON CELL TO THE
KITCHEN, THESE INMATES FROM THE
PRISON GET TO PUT THEIR COOKING
SKILLS TO THE TEST.
MARIA FLOREZ HAS BEEN PART OF
THE PRISON'S CULINARY CLASS FOR
10 MONTHS.
ON WEDNESDAY SHE GOT THE FIRST
GRADUATING CLASS.
I LEARN DIFFERENT SKILLS.
WE GOT A MANAGERIAL
ACCREDITATION FOR SENATE TASTE
DESK SANITIZED IN SAFETY.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WILL
HELP INMATES DEVELOP SKILLS
AFTER THEY ARE RELEASED.
THERE IS A LOT OF TALENT.
MANY OF THESE WOMEN WILL BE
SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDE OF THE
KITCHEN OR RESTAURANT FOR SURE.
THE LADIES GRADUATING TODAY
RECEIVED 13 UNITS.
AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDIT.
THEY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT SIX
MONTHS WITH THE CULINARY SKILLS
THAT WILL BRING THEM JOBS IN
HIGHER END RESTAURANTS.
ON THE MENU FOR THEIR
GRADUATION THE WOMEN SERVED UP
BUTTERNUT SQUASH, HOUSEMAID
RAVIOLI, BRAISED SHORT RIBS
WITH CARAMELIZED ONION WITH
SPINACH AND CREAMY POLENTA .
THE TASTE IS JUST RIGHT.
FRESH, FLAVORFUL.> PROGRAM
DIRECTORS ARE HELPFUL.
THE CLASS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT
ON ITS GRADUATES .
WE ARE SURE THESE LADIES
WHEN THEY GET OUT WILL NOT COME
BACK.
