Tuesday
Jul272004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 03:31AM
Across the country,
thousands of inmates are picking up paychecks each month from private
companies that have formed partnerships with state prisons. And most of
the work goes on behind prison walls. In the last eight years, the
number of inmates working in such programs nationally has more than
tripled to about 5,000, according to the National Correctional
Industries Assn. But California, with the largest state prison system,
has fallen far off the pace, with fewer than 150 inmate workers in six
ventures. [more]