Last Updated on September 14, 2017 by cassnetwork
Bunker Hill, IN – Offenders residing in the P.L.U.S. (Purposeful Living Units Serve) housing unit at Miami Correctional Facility (MCF) have been hard at work with the construction of their very own parade float which was featured in a recent Logansport parade. Offenders residing in this particular unit participate in community impact, commonly known as community service. These are activities that do not directly benefit the individual and have a positive impact on the housing unit, facility, and/or outside community. A total of six (6) P.L.U.S. program participants took on the task of working from a blueprint to the creation of a parade float.
The Logansport Niddee Shrine Guild partnered with Miami Correctional Facility for this community service project. This year’s float theme revolved around Legos and “Building a Child’s Education.” The P.L.U.S. program participants spent approximately twenty-nine (29) hours on the parade float project and turned into quite the success. The parade float debuted in the Logansport Parade on August 23, 2017 and placed 4th in the parade float competition.
“The whole team of the arts and crafts enjoyed working on the float and we hope to be able to give back to the community again in the future,” stated P.L.U.S. program graduate, clerk, and mentor, Offender Michael Joiner. MCF Warden Kathy Griffin stated, “Community service projects are significant to both the P.L.U.S. program and to the community. These P.L.U.S. program participants demonstrated meaningful work and are encouraged to continue working towards their successful re-entry.”
About the Purposeful Living Units Serve: This program is designated by the Indiana Department of Correction with the intent to provide an environment for offenders to change past attitudes and behaviors in a manner that will assist them in their return to the outside community. P.L.U.S. units have been implemented in adult and juvenile facilities to facilitate offender and student adjustment, rehabilitation, reintegration into the community, increased system-wide facility security, reduction of recidivism, and shall accommodate persons of any or no faith.
About the Miami Correctional Facility: MCF is located on the southeast corner of Grissom Aeroplex, just south of Peru, Indiana, in Miami County and spans 200 acres. The facility is classified as a Level 4 maximum security correctional facility. The Phase I of the facility houses more than 1,224 offenders including the minimum security facility, which is located outside the secured perimeter of the medium security facility. Phase II construction began in 1999 and ended in 2001. The first housing unit in Phase II opened in October 2001. This phase houses an additional 1,632 offenders. Miami Correctional Facility’s total bed capacity is 3,188.
SOURCE: News release from Miami Correctional Facility