Manufacturing Today Issue - 214 July 2023 | Page 59

______________________________________________________________________ Cornerstone

Detention Products tion

for the nation

Cornerstone Detention Products is working to facilitate a much-needed transition in the corrections industry through a “ Building With Knowledge , Succeeding Through Integrity ” mindset

Mitch Claborn , President and CEO of Cornerstone Detention Products ( Detention ), has dedicated his entire 45-year career to the corrections construction industry , tracing back to what he studied in high school .

“ I was in a drafting program when I was in high school ,” Mitch recalls . “ Although everything today is rendered on AutoCAD or SolidWorks , back in the dark ages , it was all drawn on a drafting table . I always thought that I wanted to be an architect , but I had a great opportunity to join the drafting department at a local company in high school . They made security equipment and had a fabrication shop , so I started out detailing parts and running their blueprint machine in 1978 .”
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