Pendleton Buckin’ Bean Coffee Roasters and owners Kirstie and Winston Hill deserve our recognition and appreciation for the creative new venture with Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution.

The Hills have started a new coffee shop inside the prison, with prison inmates as baristas, called Prison Brew. They provided the training, which can create a future for interested inmates once they leave as well as additional opportunities for the Buckin’ Bean.

Thank you, Hills.

Mike Thorne

Pendleton