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From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#7]
9 Apr 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#6] 9 Apr 2007
From: Doug (JDOUG5170) [#8]
9 Apr 2007
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#7] 9 Apr 2007
In Oregon, we have one prison located south of Portland that manufactures office furniture for resale and another one east that manufactures a line of blue jeans marketed under the "Prison Blues" label.
The great part is the corporation "The Array Corporation" that is Prison Blues is part of a major corporation located here in Portland. Joint venture with a retail oriented corporation and the prison system just feels wrong. Wish I could get labor that cheap!
Doug
From: UncleSteve [#9]
9 Apr 2007
To: Doug (JDOUG5170) [#8] 10 Apr 2007
From: Engravin' Dave (DATAKES) [#10]
9 Apr 2007
To: UncleSteve [#9] 10 Apr 2007
From: sprinter [#11]
9 Apr 2007
To: ALL
I think California leads the nation when it comes to state prisons for manufacturing products. They manufacture office furniture, metal BBQ's, printing and has a HUGE engraving operation for name plates etc. The state has mandated that the prison produced products shall be purchased over going outside to other manufactures for state requirements.
I wonder if this is part of the game plan so the only places we can buy anything is from Wal-Mart or the prison system.
From: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#12]
9 Apr 2007
To: ALL
I'll bet the finished products still cost the same as going to any other shop/store.
And taxes are still going up.
From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#13]
9 Apr 2007
To: Cody (BOBTNAILER) [#12] 10 Apr 2007
Our government???? with the $250 toilet seats? Market price????...I highly doubt it.................
I figure any money that the prison's make should automatically go to tax relief from the prison system.........
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#14]
10 Apr 2007
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#13] 10 Apr 2007
If the vocational training classes, (that were once included in the school system curriculum) hadn't been shut down, there would be fewer prisons and probably more domestic manufacturing jobs.
It's a sore point with me.
From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#15]
10 Apr 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#14] 10 Apr 2007
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#16]
10 Apr 2007
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#15] 10 Apr 2007
I think some states still embrace the benefits of training young people to work in jobs, other than white collar, though California, in all its wisdom, is just now realizing that bringing vocational training back to the schools is a good idea.
Better late than never, but there's been a lot of wasted time and lives in the interim.