Upper Marlboro, Md. (May 4, 2011) — Governor Martin O’Malley today planted a tree with the Maryland Forest Brigade, helping the inmate work program surpass its goal of planting one million trees on public lands.
Planting trees and other community based Public Safety Works projects of DPSCS are providing opportunities to help rehabilitate Maryland’s incarcerated offenders. On any given day there are approximately 400 minimum security offenders working on projects that range from tree planting, to building oyster cages, to cleaning up local parks, cemeteries and recreation areas. They teach job skills that can be used upon release to find employment, a number one barrier to reentry, while also creating connections back to the local community.
