DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Theodis Beck, Secretary
Tracy Little, Director of Public Information (919) 733-4926
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NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor Theodis Beck, Secretary Tracy Little, Director of Public Information (919) 733-4926 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2000
Prison Community Work Crews Log
1.7 Million Work Hours in 1999
RALEIGH -- Prison inmates worked more than 1.7 million hours in 1999 as part of the Governor's Community Work Program that puts minimum-security prisoners to work for North Carolina communities.
Prisoners from 42 state prisons worked a total of 1,773,949 hours during 1999. If the prisoners had been paid the current minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, their labor would have been valued at $9.1 million. The prisoner's labor is free to public agencies that supply materials needed for the manual labor projects the prisoners tackle. The prisoners work in squads of up to 10 under the supervision of a correctional officer.
In 1999, prisoners tackled a wide variety of jobs clearing brush, picking up litter, painting buildings and construction work. In all, prisoners worked on 5,683 separate projects for more than 1,200 agencies across the state. The squads were also put to work helping communities that suffered the wrath of Hurricane Floyd. Among the jobs inmates performed following the storm were moving furniture in and out of damaged buildings, clearing debris and sorting and loading donated goods.
"All North Carolinians benefit from this program," said Correction Secretary Theodis Beck. "I'm proud of the hard work of our Correction staff who have made this program a success and of the contributions of state prisoners, especially the cleanup effort after Hurricane Floyd."
The program was started in 1994 at Greene Correctional Center and has expanded throughout the state.
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1999 Community Work Squad Survey |
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| Unit Name | # Projects Worked | # Agencies Worked | # Inmate Hours |
| Anson CC | 80 |
31 |
20,614 |
| Black Mtn.CCW | 97 |
17 |
845 |
| Bladen CC | 647 |
52 |
63,045 |
| Buncombe CC | 81 |
36 |
17,126 |
| Cabarrus CC | 114 |
27 |
22,147 |
| Caldwell CC | 287 |
25 |
51,302 |
| Carteret CC | 117 |
44 |
48,682 |
| Catawba CC | 51 |
33 |
17,424 |
| Charlotte CC | 148 |
10 |
7,132 |
| Currituck CC | 10 |
2 |
1,838 |
| Dan River PWF | 272 |
74 |
244,878 |
| Davidson CC | 81 |
26 |
38,560 |
| Duplin CC | 111 |
83 |
72,600 |
| Durham CCC | 58 |
13 |
15,986 |
| Forsyth CC | 53 |
34 |
7,554 |
| Fountain CC | 30 |
25 |
24,336 |
| Gaston CC | 94 |
27 |
31,938 |
| Gates CC | 27 |
10 |
19,440 |
| Greene CC | 409 |
45 |
79,092 |
| Guilford CC | 78 |
20 |
12,800 |
| Haywood CC | 149 |
44 |
24,904 |
| Henderson CC | 87 |
28 |
39,072 |
| Hyde CI | 67 |
12 |
25,130 |
| Marion CI-Mini. | 185 |
26 |
60,592 |
| McCain CH | 40 |
6 |
11,554 |
| Neuse CI | 124 |
37 |
46,288 |
| New Hanover CC | 355 |
62 |
96,444 |
| North Piedmont CCW | 69 |
42 |
12,839 |
| Orange CC | 43 |
14 |
16,440 |
| Pasquotank CI | 180 |
30 |
63,138 |
| Raleigh CCW | 1 |
1 |
163 |
| Robeson CC | 167 |
29 |
54,880 |
| Rowan CC | 71 |
12 |
28,160 |
| Rutherford CC | 156 |
25 |
50,907 |
| Sandhills CC | 63 |
15 |
32,140 |
| Sanford CC | 111 |
34 |
54,960 |
| Scotland CC | 42 |
14 |
19,468 |
| Southern CC | 177 |
43 |
49,784 |
| Tillery CI | 125 |
59 |
54,352 |
| Tyrrell PWF | 230 |
40 |
134,449 |
| Umstead CC | 160 |
35 |
21,638 |
| Wilkes CC | 236 |
20 |
79,308 |
| TOTAL | 5,683 |
1,262 |
1,773,949 |