Chatham County Detention Center Launches Gardening Program for Inmates

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Video above: Learn about the Chatham County Inmate Gardening Program Green peppers, squash, tomatoes and okra are just a few of the vegetables you can find at the County Detention Center in Chatham. The container garden was started by the now retired sheriff, Captain Deborah Freeman, a few months ago. The aim is to give prisoners something to do and to help them acquire skills which will help them find employment when released. “Well, you know, people think all they do is sit here and you feed them and take care of them. But they’re here to try to learn when they go out and have a place to go and something to do in society instead of someone back here, ”Sheriff John Wilcher said. The garden provides fresh food which is donated to Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Food Bank. “I feel great, I have already helped with them when I was younger and to know that it will help the hungry people in the neighborhood and that the community is really fulfilling,” said inmate Lee Dasher. Some inmates said that working in the garden gives them a new outlook on life. “I grow things with my own hands. So it gives me something to do. It puts life in perspective because you can see things that you don’t normally see on a regular day, ”Dasher said. The program was started from scratch. The detention center uses the money from the Inmate Welfare Fund to pay for everything it needs to maintain this garden.

Video above: more on the Chatham County Inmate Gardening Program

Green peppers, squash, tomatoes, and okra are just a few of the vegetables you can find at Chatham County Detention Center.

The container garden was started by the now retired sheriff, Captain Deborah Freeman, a few months ago. The aim is to give prisoners something to do and to help them acquire skills which will help them find employment when released.

“Well, you know, people think all they do is sit here and you feed them and take care of them. But they’re here to try to learn when they go out and have a place to go and something to do in society instead of someone back here, ”Sheriff John Wilcher said.

The garden provides fresh food which is donated to Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Food Bank.

“I feel great, I have already helped with them when I was younger and to know that it will help the hungry people in the neighborhood and that the community is really fulfilling,” said inmate Lee Dasher.

Some inmates said that working in the garden gives them a new outlook on life.

“I grow things with my own hands. So it gives me something to do. It puts life in perspective because you can see things that you don’t normally see on a regular day, ”Dasher said.

The program was started from scratch. The detention center uses the money from the Inmate Welfare Fund to pay for everything it needs to maintain this garden.

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