They do textiles, printing and packaging, bookbinding, sign and silk screening, recreational products, computer science. These jails have better equipment and the instructors are better paid than public schools and teachers. The prison industrial labor corporation, takes jobs away from the private sector, and are paid less. I visited Yazoo City and while there saw a stark contrast. The jail and a high school sit across the street from each other.
Prisoners are a new commodity the economic centerpiece of the area.
The conditions in these jails, and the jobs, are substantially better than the surrounding community. The school in contrast across the street, with bright students and motivated teachers, full of hope and ambition, are unwired for the computer. Children are being left behind. It must focus on power, power and possibility. Community Reinvestment Act 4.