Airway Heights prisoners learning manners

Some inmates at the Airway Heights Correction Center near Spokane are being taught to mind their manners.

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. —

Some inmates at the Airway Heights Correction Center near Spokane are being taught to mind their manners.

The Department of Corrections is using the "Right Living" program for about 600 minimum security inmates to prepare them to re-enter society.

The program stresses a work ethic, learning new skills and respect. It has been used in some drug treatment programs.

Associate Superintendent Rob Herzog says inmates in such programs are 5 percent less likely to re-offend.

Airway Heights staff say prisoners are showing more respect and taking on more responsibility such as cleaning up the prison yard without being asked.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesmanreview.com