department of corrections--by state
prison labor factsheet (Adobe Acrobat required - free to download)
[ prisons -- issues -- prison labor links ]
Prison Labor Links
|
What's here? Links to all of the state-owned prison industry operations in the U.S., state by state - see what they are saying! Also, compiled here are direct links to all of the state Department of Corrections that have an on-line presence. Finally, there is a valuable collection of links to other information banks and articles investigating the role of prison industry in the prison industrial complex. |
.gif) |
- UNICOR - Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
- Alabama Correctional Industries
- Alaska Correctional Industries - contact info only
- Arizona Correctional Industries
- Arkansas Correctional Industries
- California Prison Industry Authority
- California Joint Ventures Program - private corporations purchasing prison labor from the state
- Colorado: Juniper Valley Products
- Connecticut Prison Industries
- Florida Prison Industry Enhancement program
- Florida: PRIDE Enterprises
- Georgia
- Idaho Correctional Industries - empty page as of 4/14/99
- Illinois Correctional Industries
- Iowa
- Kentucky Correctional Industries - "Kentucky's Best Kept Secret"
- Maryland State Use Industries
- Massachusetts Correctional Industries - MassCor
- Michigan State Industries
- Minnesota MINNCOR
- Mississippi Prison Industries Corp.
- Missou ri Vocational Enterprises
- Montana Correctional Enterprises
- New Hampshire Correctional Industries
- New Jersey DEPTCOR - "And you thought we only made license plates."
- New Mexico Correctional Industries
- New York Corcraft
- Nevada Silver State Industries
- North Carolina Correction Enterprices
- North Dakota Rough Rider Industries
- Ohio Prison Industries
- Oklahoma State Industries
- Oregon Corrections Industries Programs
- Pennsylvania Correctional Industries
- Rhode Island Correctional Industries
- South Carolina Prison Industries
- South Dakota Prison Industries
- Tennessee TRICOR
- Texas Correctional Industries
- Utah Correctional Industries
- Virginia Correctional Enterprises
- Washington State Correctional Industries
Department of Corrections - by State
|
 |
-
Oklahoma Private Prison Administration - with contract information and more
-
Texas Operational Support Department - private prisons used by Texas, including an FAQ
-
Mississippi Private Industries - private facilities
-
Private Corrections Project - well-maintained information source
-
National Institute of Justice - specific page for Freedom of Information Act
-
National Institute of Corrections - very good database for information sources; also maintains a library in Boulder, CO
-
CA Prison Industrial Complex - PARC's summary web page on the PIC
-
Reforming the Prison Industry Authority - by the Legislative Analysts Office of California, 1996.
-
Working for Nothing: The Failure of Prison Industry Programs by Lucia Hwang
-
The Economic Impact of Production in California's Prison Industries - Goldman, George, Bruce McWilliams, and Vijay Pradhan. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, March 1998.
-
Wyoming Corrections Facilities Task Force Initial Report - very interesting focus on prison industries as an area for development; reference to a law (?) that prohibits direct competition with private industry
-
NC - "Prisoners work more than 18 million hours in 1998" - March 31, 1999 press release with data table
-
CA PIA - article by Willie Wyley