In Louisiana, prisoners debone chickens for 4 cents an hour. In California, they raise pigs for the D.R. Ranch. In Hawaii, prisoners pick pineapples and macadamia nuts, package papayas for Hawaiian Tropical Products, carve native wood into dolphins, and sew brightly colored aloha shirts for Burger King's Hawaiian uniform. In Nevada, they refurbish rare antique cars for the Imperial Palace and provided the stained and etched glass windows for New York, New York. From 1981 to 1992, inmates at the Arizona Correctional Facility for Women handled hotel reservations for Best Western.
Many prisoners work in the garment industry.
Oregon has its own line of designer jeans-prison blues. Tennessee inmates produce jeans for K-Mart and J.C. Penney while Washington inmates produce garments for Eddie Bauer Clothing. Oregon prisoners make uniforms and electronic menu boards for McDonald's. Spalding uses prisoners to pack golf balls. Colorado prisoners craft hand-tooled leather saddles.