An Example of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Program (Interior of Non Profit Center):
 
An Example of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Program (Landscaping in Park):
 
An Example of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Program (Building Restoration):
 
An Example of the Sheriff's Inmate Work Program (Painting of Fire Station):
Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson's Community Work Program provides labor services to all municipalities and non profit organizations throughout the communities of Bristol County. The Anti-Graffiti
Unit will serve municipalities and non profit as well as private residence who have been tagged with grafitti, providing the grafitti can be removed safely and with the anti graffiti apparatus.
With the past and present economy, the inmate work program provides a substantial saving and an opportunity to accomplish projects that would not other wise take place due to lack of funding.
The Inmate work program not only provides savings to cities and towns to also is used as a program to rehabilitate and reintegrate inmates back into the communiy. The Sheriff's Inmate Work Program provides skill training, a work ethic, self-esteem and a chance for the inmates to give back to society.
  
In addition to assisting the Massachusetts
Highway Department’s Maintenance
Division during the Spring, Summer,
and Fall, the inmates who are
involved in this program participate
in many different types of projects
year-round. Painting, landscaping,
carpentry, and refurbishing
projects are only some of the
different types of work that our
inmate volunteers have been a
part of.
Sheriff
Hodgson’s philosophy of
incarceration is not one of allowing
inmates to lie around all day
and waste tax-payers’ hard-earned
money. He strongly believes in
allowing incarcerated individuals
who have made serious mistakes
and bad decisions in their lives
the opportunity to learn from
those mistakes and to repay their
debt to society. One of the ways
in which the Sheriff does this
is through the Community Work
Program. The Program not only
helps the community as a whole,
but also the individual inmate
that, because of his/her participation
is such a program, has now learned
a skill and has acquired the self-respect
that can enable him/her to lead
a productive life in society.
Many
cities, towns, religious organizations,
and other non-profit agencies
have benefited from the Sheriff’s
Community Work Program and have
recommended us to other such agencies;
and many have asked us back time
and time again as they undertake
additional projects.
Sample: Baseball Field
To request the assistance of a BCSO Work Program, please submit a letter to:
Sheriff
Thomas M. Hodgson
400 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Note:
All requests for
assistance must be in letter form.
You may also call during business
hours for more information regarding
the Work Programs by dialing (508)995-6400.
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