Inmates take classes in U of M culinary program
Credits will transfer to new Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute
Chef William Mullins (left), leads a class at the Shelby County Corrections Department on Mullins Station Road. Mullins, a professor at the Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute, teaches inmates enrolled in the U of M's culinary fundamentals course. (Micki Martin/Martin Family Foundation)
Inmates take the first three courses at the Shelby County Detention Center and have the chance to transfer to credits to the University of Memphis new culinary arts program.
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Hopeworks John Hudson Kemmons Wilson Culinary Institute R. Brad Martin Ron Wade Shelby County Corrections Department William MullinsJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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