Class I - Private Sector Partnerships
Class I industries allow private sector companies to operate within state correctional facilities. The company provides management, on-site supervision, on-the-job training, and all machinery and equipment. Private industry staff interview and hire offenders at wages comparable to those in the community. The Department of Corrections provides industrial space, vocational training, a CI representative to coordinate the program, and custody supervision according to the needs of the institution and the employer.
Correctional Industries Class II - Tax Reduction Industries
Class II industries are businesses owned and operated by the state.
They produce goods and services for tax-supported and non-profit
organizations. The programs provide job training and work experience
for offenders. Class II manufacturing and service operations generate
funds from the sale of their goods and services to support their
activities.
Class III - Institutional Support Industries
Class III operations are directed by the Prisons Division personnel at each institution.
Offenders who work in Institutional Support Industries may be assigned jobs in food service,
grounds keeping, laundry, maintenance, or as office clerks. The
CI Board of Directors sets policy for these Class III offender
work crews.
Class IV - Community Work Industries
Community Work Industries are supervised by Department of Corrections'
personnel. The Class IV program is designed to provide services
to institutions' host communities at a reduced cost. Public and
non-profit agencies may hire Class IV workers. The CI Board of
Directors sets policy for these Class IV offender work crews.
Class V - Community Restitution Programs
The Community Restitution Program arose from the Sentencing Reform
Act of 1981 to allow for alternatives to confinement for nonviolent
offenders. The purpose of this class of industries is to enable
an offender, placed on community supervision, to work off all or
part of a community restitution order as ordered by the sentencing
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