MVE utilizes inmate labor, along with supervisors and administrative staff, to provide products and services to state agencies and other tax-supported entities.
Great pride is taken in providing quality, efficiency, and timely support to all of our customers.
Since its beginning over 100 years ago, the program has been revised and expanded. Currently, a large number of inmates are employed in approximately 25 different industries, services, and agri-business operations located at nine institutions. Inmate workers are taught work ethics and skills that can be utilized after their term of incarceration. As a benefit to the state and to taxpayers, MVE is self-supportive. MVE activities are authorized by Missouri State Statutes, Section 217.575 and 217.580 .