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Click Here to See the AJA Workshop in Nashville Powerpoint Presentation
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Iinitial Findings from the Class Survey of Practices; Nashville, AJA Conference, May 2007
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Franklin County PA "Foundation Decisions" Case Study of the Development Process
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Paper: "Finding Resources for Jail Work and Industries Programs "
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National Jail Work and
Industry Center
  A national clearinghouse created by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and now operated as a public service by Community Resource Services, Inc.
 
     
Jail Industry
  The definition used by federal initiatives holds that a jail industry:
"uses jail inmate labor, to create a product or deliver a service, that has value, and for which inmates receive some form of compensation."

Under this definiion, when an inmate works in the kitchen helping to serve food, and is giving extra visits or additional commissary items, a jail industry at work. A national survey estimated that jail inmates deliver as many hours annually as paid jail staff. Many jails have found creative ways to involve more inmates, increase efficiency, and operate more responsibly. The National Jail Work and Industry Center was created to help jails move forward with appopriate use of inmate labor.


     
Inmate Labor
  Why use jail inmate labor? Some answers:
Click here for good reasons to expand and improve the use of jail inmate labor.

How to Start:
Click here to learn more about starting new jail work and industry programs.

Economics of Inmate Labor:
Click here to read about the Economics of Inmate Workforce Participation.

Business Planning Guide for Jail Industries:
Click here to learn more about the guide
.