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Oregon prison’s healing garden offers renewed perspective

January 1, 2020 by DEREK TAHARA, Nichi Bei Weekly Leave a Comment

In 2014, Johnny Cofer, who is incarcerated at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Ore. told the institution’s activities director, Patrice Lans, he would love to see a Japanese garden and koi pond outside in the yard of the facility. At the Oregon State Penitentiary, there is an activities department, consisting of 11 clubs, one […]