VINTAGE WINDJAMMER MAINE PRISON ART SAILBOAT WOODEN HANDMADE

Description

MAINE PRISON ART,
WOODEN WINDJAMMER / SAILBOAT With Wooden Sales
HAND MADE,
~ Unique Craftsman Ship ~ Open to reasonable offer
Approx. Dimensions - 12"H x 12"L x 3 1/4"D
Please see the pictures as they are part of descriptions
(photos taken outside)
The Maine State Prison Showroom are handcrafted by the inmates. The industries program provides inmates with a means of learning valuable marketable job skills, work ethics and responsibility - all necessary tools for the transition into the workforce upon release.
The Maine State Prison in Thomaston, which was built in 1823, burned in 1923. The institution was rebuilt in 1924 and remained a maximum security facility until its closing in February 2002. The prison was demolished in April of the same year. The Prison Farm (Bolduc Correctional Facility) and the new Maine State Prison in Warren continue to carry on the tradition of farming and woodworking.
The Maine State Prison has had a working industrial program since its early days when inmates worked the quarry, constructed wooden wagons, buckboards, wheel barrows, sleighs, buggies and tack for horses. and expanded in the late 1930's to include crafts and novelty items.