Please excuse my ignorance, what misdemeanor is "DWI" ?

Val H.
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> Subject:      Re: Prison labor in Museums
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> Davis,
> when i was in louisiana at a 1796 antebellum mansion we had almost no
> financial resources.  "community service" workers were often a godsend
> to us.  they did the grounds (4 acres of lawns and gardens), designed
> and printed stationery, assisted in lots and lots of ways.  ours were
> people who had received community service for dwi only - no drug
> crimes,
> no violence, no anything else.  we saw people from all levels of the
> community and we had no probs with them.  but the judge was careful
> about whom he assigned to us.  for us it was a definite plus.
> linn
>
> David Driscoll wrote:
> >
> > For a possible session at next year's Midwest Museums Conference
> annual
> > meeting, I would like to hear from anyone with experience using any
> kind
> > of prison labor (community service, work release, adults, juveniles,
> > etc.) in museum operations.  I am curious about how extensive the
> > practice currently is, what applications it is notably effective or
> > ineffective at, and whether--given current trends in both museum
> funding
> > and in the costs of correctional systems--prison labor may become
> more
> > common in the years ahead.  Please reply either directly or through
> the
> > list.
>