[nfbwatlk] Article on using ex-offenders for Braille transcribers

[Nightingale, Noel]

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From: Klemme, Risa A. (DOC)
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Subject: Article on using ex-offenders for Braille transcribers


Braille Publisher Helps Itself, Assists Ex-Cons<http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2016/07/01/braille-publisher-helps-itself-assists-ex-cons/86334430/>  Courier-Journal
Facing a rising demand for Braille, a American Printing House for the Blind has sought to recruit permanent transcribers from a pool of temporary ones - convicts who have mastered the code in prison programs but leave the profession when they are released.


Risa Klemme
Interim ADA Compliance Manager
Phone: 509-244-6700 ext. 16306
Cell: 360-789-5356
Raklemme at doc1.wa.gov<mailto:Raklemme at doc1.wa.gov>



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