Veteran Explains How MTC Has Made an Impact on His Life at the Bradshaw State Jail
“I have never experienced the positivity that I have since MTC has taken over the unit here at Bradshaw.”
“I have never experienced the positivity that I have since MTC has taken over the unit here at Bradshaw.”
It’s made a big difference in my life and helped a whole, whole lot!
“I haven’t seen my son in over seven years, so, just getting back and reacquainted with him—it was beautiful.”
“As a father, it’s my responsibility to make sure they’re ok, make sure they’re good, make sure they’re not going to be another statistic.”
“Hi, I’m Jericho Pettengill. I come from Cornelis, Oregon, and my trade is pharmacy tech.
“We don’t know where the dogs are going, but they come from broken homes — the streets,” Rodriguez relayed. “We come from the streets as well, some of us broken homes. We know where the dogs come from, but they don’t know where we come from.”
“They teach us and we teach them,” said Rodriguez. “It’s taught me a lot of responsibility and it’s helped me to teach other people responsibility.”
“They really want to see us go home.”
“Everyone thinks it’s us training these dogs. But in reality—the dogs are training us.
“I could not have done this without my instructor and staff members at Job Corps.”