many have decided to spend their time locked up, looking to a brighghr future. "no-body is too old to learn "its free education, that'sa& education is so key."nathan curtis and bobby simmons are just two of doze of inmates learning to o better themselves with the help of a new hands-on educational program. " i've done enough welding on the streets, for instance when you're getting spatter, blow out on your torchesa& things like that, but now these books expand why it's doing that and i've learned a phenomenal amount of material. "i' hoping it opens dos for me. i don't plan on welding for the rest of my life but i hope i can use it as a stair way to somewhere better." curtis and simmons, both serving two decades behind bars for robbery are now about half wa through their sentences. "i was given chances in the past but like i said, i was immature, i didn't know what to do with them, but this apprenticeship, it's actual hands on training and it's educational book work - a two part process. and given that chance and opportunity, i knew one." "our program focuses on
