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| WI: Competing with prison wages? |
| By watchdog.org/ - M.D. Kittle |
| Published: 01/15/2013 |
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MADISON – Fiscal year 2012 was another tough year for the convict economy, with the recession’s grip continuing to squeeze prison workers. But while the wages and vacation plan may be nothing to speak of, the workforce can pretty much count on a job with health care provided. Badger State Industries, the state Department of Correction’s inmate work program, posted a projected cash-balance shortfall of $4.331 million in the fiscal year, ended June 30, 2012, according to a DOC memo to the Legislature’s Committee on Joint Finance. “Due to the economic situation,” the report notes, Traditional Industries had a negative cash forward balance of $7.939 million from fiscal year 2011. The negative balance was due in part to the “purchase of materials necessary for the construction of systems furniture, which was ordered by the Department of Military Affairs and the University of Wisconsin Systems,” the Corrections memo noted. Read More. |
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