Prison industries program

In addition to classroom training and individual plan preparation, OWD specialists coordinate with community partners to host career training events such as mock interview fairs. Inmates dress in shirts and ties to participate in mock interviews with members from the local community. The event provides inmates with real world experience and feedback so they are better prepared to interact with potential outside employers upon release.

Through community partnerships, inmates who participate in CI's work programs have the opportunity to successfully reintegrate into society and engage in training, education, or employment. One community partner, FareStart YouTube Video , provides eligible inmates with an opportunity to participate in a week culinary training program while also receiving housing and career assistance. Learn more about community reentry partnerships at CI's website. Inmates have the opportunity to learn many technical skills.

CI operates a variety of service and manufacturing industries in the Department's prison facilities. Inmates learn technical skills ranging from entry level to high level computer numeric control CNC machine operation. Others include:. Inmates may earn Certificates of Proficiency once they complete Makin' It Work , achieve 1, hours of on-the-job training, and demonstrate a high level of job skill based upon criteria established by the U.

Once released, inmates can use their certificate s to search for similar jobs and show potential employers their skill set. In partnership with the local carpenters, laborers, and ironworkers union, inmates have the opportunity to complete a pre-apprenticeship program and upon release are eligible for direct entry into the local union apprenticeships.

RCW The committee shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the secretary who shall serve a three-year staggered term. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall also each appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses in their respective houses who shall serve two-year terms RCW If you are interested in joining the advisory committee, please contact us email.

The current members are identified as follows:. Mari Borrero , American Abatement and Demo. Danny Carrao , Workforce Foundation. March 3, - a. Meeting materials are available on this website for two years plus the current year. Reducing idleness decreases violence against both staff and those who are incarcerated.

California Prison Industry Search:. CALPIA is established to: Develop and operate manufacturing, agricultural, and service enterprises that provide work opportunities for incarcerated individuals under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Create and maintain working conditions within enterprises, as much like those which prevail in private industry as possible, to assure incarcerated individuals assigned therein the opportunity to work productively, to earn funds, and to acquire or improve effective work habits or occupational skills Operate work programs for incarcerated individuals that are self-supporting through the generation of sufficient funds from the sale of products and services to pay all its expenses, thereby avoiding the cost of alternative inmate programming by California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Fast Facts CALPIA provides work assignments for approximately 7, incarcerated individuals and operates over service, manufacturing, and consumable factories at all 35 prisons throughout California. In , CALPIA began the development of the Industry Employment Program to enhance the ability of offenders to obtain private sector jobs upon their release from prison.