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| Colorado prisons make small profit from inmate work program |
| By chieftain.com- Ivan Moreno |
| Published: 01/28/2015 |
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DENVER — Colorado prisons are making big profits from charging inmates for phone calls and other personal items, but they’re struggling to break even from shops run by inmate labor to make furniture and other goods, according to a state audit. The audit released Tuesday examined a division of the state prison system called Colorado Correctional Industries, which employs 16,000 inmates at 37 shops with the goal of providing them job training. Auditors said the small profits at those shops are a concern because CCI is intended to be financially self-sustaining and is supposed to partially reimburse the state for incarceration costs. The shops inmates work at include manufacturing, where prisoners produce goods such as office furniture, license plates and state flags. Inmates also work at cow and buffalo dairies, and do fruit and vegetable farming. Read More. |
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