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Hall opens facility to teach inmates welding
Governor on hand to launch addition to rehabilitation program
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Governor Nathan Deal and wife Sandra attend the grand opening of Hall County Correctional Institute's welding shop Tuesday afternoon at the C.I. along with (from left) Judge Andrew Fuller, Lanier Technical College President Dr. Ray Perren, and Hall County Correctional Institute Warden Walt Davis. The opening of the facility is the result of an ongoing partnership between Hall County Government, Lanier Technical College and WorkSource Georgia to provide inmates with a skillset that will attract. - photo by Scott Rogers
As a former prosecutor, Gov. Nathan Deal said one of the most frustrating parts of the job was the “revolving door,” seeing the same faces and families in court because they “never broke the cycle that they are living in.”