GARDENS: Offenders run restorative justice gardens at correctional centers in Jefferson City, Boonville, Fulton, Charleston, Bowling Green, Licking and Cameron. Their produce is donated to food banks, schools, senior centers and other nonprofit groups.

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Other ways offenders pay back the community for their crimes include making lap blankets for the infirm; crocheted blankets for premature newborns; teaching aids for schools; and drawstring pants for rape victims.

CLASSES: Offenders also take classes in which they meet crime victims and reflect on the harm caused by their criminal behavior. The 40-hour curriculum is so popular that the class has a waiting list of 200 inmates.

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