Inside Jobs. /
Silja J. A. Talvi.
- Christian Science Monitor (United Media), 2001.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 50. Business, 1522-3191; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: Inside Jobs, May 14, 2001; pp. 15-17.
"Every morning, Bill Neighbors...makes his morning commute to his job as a metalworker. But there is no rush-hour traffic to beat. For Mr. Neighbors, who has served 21 years for first-degree murder, the commute entails being moved form his prison cell at the Monroe (Wash.) Correctional Complex (MCC) to his in-prison job crafting aluminum and steel products....Neighbors is among the 80,000 to 90,000 state prisoners nationwide engaged in some kind of prison labor." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines the debate over expanding prison labor into the private firm sector.