Audit of the Management of Federal Prison Industries and Efforts to Create Work Opportunities for Federal Inmates

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By Michael E. Horowitz (ed)
Year: 2013
Pages: 50
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-5263-3

Product Code: 1457852632

Description

Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) is a wholly owned government corporation and inmate reentry program operated within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) under the trade name UNICOR. FPI's mission is to employ and provide job skills training to the greatest practicable number of inmates confined within the BOP; contribute to the safety and security of federal correctional facilities by keeping inmates constructively occupied; produce market-quality products and services; operate in a self-sustaining manner; and minimize FPI's impact on private business and labor. In FY 2011, FPI had $745 million in total sales, mostly to the federal government. The Dept. of Defense (DOD) is FPI/s largest customer. FPI does not receive direct taxpayer funding and it has struggled financially in recent years, reporting average net losses of $31 million annually from FYs 2009 through 2012 on average net sales of $753 million. FPI's employment figures have also dropped. This audit determined what factors have led to the significant reduction of inmate work within FPI, and FPIäó»s plans to maintain and create work opportunities for inmates. It covers FPI operations from FY 2001 through August 2012. Figures. This is a print on demand report.

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