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a The maximum number of inmates housed at the Orange County Correctional Center is 176, All inmates are minimum security and no sexual offenders are housed at this Center. The minimum-security inmates housed at the Orange Correctional Center as well as at all other correctional centers in North Carolina are serving sentences for various misdemeanor and felony crimes. Inmates convicted of misdemeanors represent only approximately five (5) percent of the minimum-security inmate population at any given correctional center, The remaining minimum- security inmates have been convicted of crimes, which range from driving while impaired, breaking and entering, and drug crimes to robbery and murder. Inmates convicted of felony crimes become declassified to minimum security as a result of having little time remaining nn their sentence or being deemed not to present a high security or escape risk by the prison system. Presently, the Orange County Correctional Center deploys eight (8) work crews, one (1) Community Work Program Crew and seven (7) N. C. Department of Transportation Road Crews. In 1999, the one (1) Orange County Community Work Program Crew performed over 20,000 total labor hours; 3,440 of these hours were Orange County government work assignments, Crews performed various assignments for the Public Works Department and washed vehicles for the Department on Aging. Primarily, the work assignments performed for Orange County government place inmates in limited proximity with the general public and government employees and require no entry into occupied government buildings.. All requested assignments expose inmates to the same working conditions as Orange County government employees who would perform the work in the absence of inmate labor. Work Assignments Performed by CWP Inmates for Orange County • Litter collection from right-of-way areas ~ Monthly, CWP inmates collected litter along right-of-ways in the surrounding areas of the six Solid Waste Convenience Centers and in other areas designated by the Sanitation Division. • Vegetation removal from fences J Twice annually, CWP inmates removed vegetation from the fence lines at the six Solid Waste Convenience Centers, • General grounds maintenance, i,e, weeding, mulching, sweeping of parking lots ~ Quarterly, CWP inmates assisted the Building and Ground Division with plant bed maintenance at the Government Services Center, Southern Human Services Center, Court Street Annex, New Courthouse, Old Courthouse, REWHS Center and the Northside Center • Fence installation assistance Under the supervision of the Motor Pool Supervisor, CWP inmates installed an impound fence at the Public Works Facility, • Snow/ice removal from parking lots North Department of Correction Page - 4 - Community Work Program