Prison workshops bleeding money despite requirement to break even
Not only do some shops lose as much as $400,000 a year, but inmates aren’t spending enough of their work time filling customer orders.
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Not only do some shops lose as much as $400,000 a year, but inmates aren’t spending enough of their work time filling customer orders.
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is required to operate its prison workshops without losing money, but the DOC has long failed to live up to that expectation.
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