Prisoners perform industrial work for prisons and private companies. This work involves providing services for sale to government agencies, state-owned or private sector businesses (e.g. data entry, automobile repair) and manufacturing products (e.g. automobile tags, furniture and mattresses). Goods and services are sold at prices designed to cover production costs and business or prison operations. Often called ‘correctional industries’, some businesses coordinate with correctional agencies to operate ‘shops,’ on which the generated revenues fund their operation.
