http://www.hqda.army.mil/acsim/ops/inmatebg.htm
Civilian Inmate Labor
The Army has established civilian inmate labor programs on twelve installations
since FY 89. Four resident programs (prison camps) are at Fort Bliss, Fort Dix,
and Camp Atterbury. Eight non-resident (off-post) programs are at Parks Reserve
Forces Training Area, Red River Army Depot, Fort Lee, Fort McClellan, Fort
Stewart, Fort McPherson, Fort Indian Town Gap, and Anniston Army Depot. Fort Dix
has two resident programs (prison camps) using civilian inmates from both
federal and state penal systems. Camp Atterbury's resident program uses state
civilian inmates. These ten programs average an annual net cost avoidance
ranging from $263,000 to $3,500,000.
Inmate labor does not interfere with the installation's operation and mission.
Civilian inmates provide a source of labor to Army installations to accomplish
needed tasks that would not otherwise be possible under current manning and
funding constraints. Inmate labor is intended to augment the Army's civilian and
military work force and contractor effort. Inmate labor does not displace an
existing in-house or contractor work force. The Army does not pay direct labor
costs for inmate labor but does incur equipment, materials, supplies,
transportation, and program administration costs to use inmate labor.
Services provided by inmates are defined by 18 USC 4125(a) and include
preservation and maintenance of grounds and facilities; construction, repair and
demolition of buildings; road repair; custodial services; and transportation of
debris to recycling centers. Only minimum security inmates are available under
the Army's civilian inmate labor program. Army personnel do not provide security
supervision of inmate work details, but do monitor and account for inmate
presence or absence in an assigned work area.
Installation inmate labor programs are established via a memorandum of agreement
(MOA) between the installation and the local correctional facility. The
installation also develops an inmate labor plan governing operation of inmate
labor details on the installation. The MOA and inmate labor plan are forwarded
through command channels to HQDA for approval.
OACSIM manages the civilian inmate labor program and is finishing a regulation
covering policy and procedures for civilian inmate labor.
Army's use of inmate labor is now limited to federal civilian inmates. No
federal statute allows military installations to accept inmate labor from
off-post state and local correctional facilities. Numerous installations wish to
use civilian inmates from state or local correctional facilities off-post. A DOD
Services working is drafting a legislative proposal to gain support from labor
unions, the Department of Labor and the State Department before presenting the
revised proposal to Congressional staffers.
Section 1065 of the FY 95 Defense Authorization Act allows the Army to conduct a
demonstration project until October 1996. This demonstration project tests the
feasibility of using Army facilities to provide employment training to
nonviolent offenders in a State penal system before their release from
incarceration. The Army has selected Forts Bragg, Hood, and Campbell as test
sites. Functions performed by state civilian inmates will be similar to those
performed by federal civilian inmates. State civilian inmate use will be
governed by the same policy applied to federal civilian inmates. Such policy
covers supervision, non-DOD employee interference in inmate labor details, type
of inmates allowed on inmate labor details, and use of facilities and land. Each
test site is negotiating an MOA and inmate labor plan with their respective
correctional facility.
Overall, commanders with civilian inmate labor programs have been pleased with
civilian inmate labor results. The Federal Bureau of Prisons in particular is a
cooperative partner and active participant in the commander's base operations
support mission.
For more information, contact Ms. Yvonne Wildanger, Plans & Operations Division,
OACSIM.
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