Inmates at the Utah County Jail string the holiday lights on the county grounds.
Rick Henrie, the county's grounds manager, said men and women in the work-diversion program plant flowers in the spring, mow lawns in the summer, rake leaves in the fall and, well, deck the halls in the winter.
"We've used them for several years, and they do a good job," Henrie said.
Holiday light crews start working in November, sorting out two large crates of light strands from storage. Before the power cords are strung, all bulbs are checked to make sure they will come on with the switch is flipped.
It takes a week to put up the lights. In January, after the holidays are over, it takes another week to pull them all down.
Henrie said big trees are skipped. Only bushes and smaller trees are adorned.
"We quit going into the big 40-foot trees. It's not worth the safety hazard," Henrie said. "But we still use about the same amount of lights."