Federal Prison Industries

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Federal Prison Industries

US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Corporation owned by the US government, founded 1934, and doing business as UNICOR since 1978. Federal Prison Industries employs inmates of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to work in factories. As of 2006, yearly sales were estimated at $784M, with the corporation employing 22,450 inmates, or 11% of the federal inmate population.

Official Website:
http://www.unicor.gov/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Peter B. Bensinger Government 24-Mar-1936 DEA Administrator, 1976-81

Harley Lappin Government c. 1956 Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Kathleen Hawk Sawyer Government c. 1950 Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1992-2003

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