I saw this TV segment on the Fox Report. It said that prisoners are paid between $.23 to $1.15 per hr.
AND yet:
“American Apparel charges $29.44 per uniform, but the FPI uniform costs $34.18 – a 15 percent difference.”
The Fox Report graph cited dibbs.bsm.dla.mil as the source for this information.
The additional costs arose out of the CLOSE supervision given to prisoners with saw blades and machinery!
Plus, at the end of the line they packed everything in large boxes. We were told to just leave the boxes alone a few days and not start unpacking ~ until any prisoner who'd hidden away in there decided to get out!
That way we'd avoid a confrontation ...........
Civilian on civilian production and package is less costly ~ but like a dozen former federal wardens told me today's prisoners aren't happy just sitting there staring out of a window ~ they are thinking all the time about how to escape or kill you. This gets that nonsense off their minds!