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2 results foundAuthor: Harris, Thomas R. Title: The Economic Impact of the California Prison Industry Authority on the California Economy for FY 2008/09 Summary: The California Prison Industry Authority was created by statute in 1982 as a semiautonomous state agency to operate California prison industries in a manner similar to private industry. The California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) trains inmate‐workers to produce a variety of goods and services in factories at correctional institutions throughout California. These production activities provide a variety of uses to the state including: (1) training of inmates who acquire work habits and skills; (2) the supervision of inmates in a secure environment; and (3) the provision of goods and services to the state of California public sector agencies. Each of these services has an economic dimension in terms of contributing value added to the state economy. In this report, the contributions of CALPIA to the state of California’s economy are estimated. CALPIA is a self‐supporting government agency. CALPIA sales increased by 50.9 percent from 1996/97 fiscal year to 2008/09 fiscal year, giving them the largest sales ($234.2 million) of any state’s prison industry in the U.S. This sales increase is noteworthy given that CALPIA can only sell to the public sector. CALPIA has approximately 619 civilian employees as well as approximately 6,010 inmates in California’s adult correctional institutions, operating over 60 service, manufacturing, and agricultural industries at 22 prisons throughout California. CALPIA uses its revenues to cover its costs such as purchasing raw materials, providing inmate supervision, inmate payroll, transporting and distributing its products, acquiring capital, and supporting the central office. The Prison Industry Board was established in 1983 to oversee operations of CALPIA. The Board sets general policy for CALPIA, appointing a General Manager, monitoring existing operations, and deciding which new industries to enter. The Board serves as a public hearing body charged with ensuring that the operations of CALPIA are self‐sufficient. The Board actively solicits public input in its decisions with regard to expanding existing or developing new prison industries. CALPIA customers are limited to government entities, except as specified by law. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is CALPIA’s largest customer, purchasing more than half of CALPIA's total annual production of goods and services. This study estimates California’s economic, employment, and household income impacts arising from the production of goods and services by inmates working in CALPIA. This analysis will derive the total and sectoral output, employment and income impacts of CALPIA on the economy of the state of California. As a producer of goods and services, CALPIA is linked to the state economy in several ways. Most importantly, CALPIA purchases intermediate inputs (materials) for further processing in its factories. This study utilizes economic models of the state of California that translates these intermediate input purchases into sales by place of production so that the multiplier effects of CALPIA on the state economy can be estimated. Details: Sacramento: California Prison Industry Authority, 2010. 30p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 22, 2011 at: http://www.pia.ca.gov/public_affairs/pdfs/CALPIA%20Economic%20Impact%20Study%2008-09.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://www.pia.ca.gov/public_affairs/pdfs/CALPIA%20Economic%20Impact%20Study%2008-09.pdf Shelf Number: 121477 Keywords: EconomicsPrison Industries (California)Prison Labor |
Author: California State Auditor. Bureau of State Audits Title: California Prison Industry Authority: It Can More Effectively Meet Its Goals of Maximizing Inmate Employment, Reducing Recidivism, and Remaining Self-Sufficient Summary: This review of the California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA) revealed the following: * It cannot determine its impact on post‑release inmate employability because it lacks reliable data. * It is unable to match parolees’ social security numbers from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (Corrections) information system to employment data from the Employment Development Department. * In attempting to use another of Corrections’ databases to track employment data, we noted it contained numerous errors— we found more than 33,000 instances of erroneous parolee employer information. »»Although CALPIA created a set of comprehensive performance indicators, several of these indicators are either vague or not measurable. * Since 2004 it has introduced only a modest number of new revenue‑generating enterprises while it has closed, deactivated, or reduced the capacity of six enterprises at 10 locations throughout the State. * Although CALPIA prepared pricing analyses to support its product-pricing decisions, it did not document the basis for how it determines profit margins and in some instances, we found no analysis of market considerations. Details: Sacramento: California State Auditor, 2011. 66p. Source: Internet Resource: Report 2010-118: Accessed April 2, 2012 at: http://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2010-118.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2010-118.pdf Shelf Number: 124791 Keywords: Inmate LaborPrison Industries (California)Prison LaborRecidivismRehabilitation |