Former California Institution for Men inmate and graduate of the CIM's Marine Technology Training Center Mark Tomsick, 42, now a commercial diver with Muldoon Marine Services, a commercial dive operation in Long Beach California, in the water along side the cargo container ship Hansa Africa while cleaning the hull of a the ocean going freighter at dock at the Port of Long Beach, California. The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) operates the California Institution for Men's Leonard Greenstone Marine Technology Training Center in Chino, California, an 11-month training program, providing training in diverse curriculum including diving physics, navigation, report writing, air systems, welding, seamanship, blueprint reading, diesel engines, and marine construction. A prison diving program was first established in 1970 and lasted for 33 years, before the program was eliminated during budget cuts in 2003. On December 1, 2006, the commercial diving center at the California Institution for Men (CIM) in Chino was reestablished as part of the renewed rehabilitation efforts of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Photo by Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Staff

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