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CAPTIVE MARKETPhotos by Mark Simons/Times-NewsInmates involved in the Federal Prison Industry program at ing out” the background for letters that will be later used onthe Cumberland Correctional Institution complete a variety a sign, silk screening and quality control. Garrett business-of tasks involved in the sign-making process such as “weed- man Don Morin says he can’t compete with the prison.PrisoninmatesBOB LIKENSTimes-News Staff WriterPrison Industries, FPI or UNICOR. While serving time, they can work and learn a trade that hopefully will enable them to pursue a more satisfactory way of life once they leave prison.Demiis R. Bidwell, warden of the Cumberland Federal Corrections Institution, says, The single most important factor of FPI is to keep inmates occupied.”Bidwell says FPI is not out to ruin the small businessman. It was created more than 60 years ago and is self-sustaining. The program can only sell products to the federal government.The local prison program isBOB LIKENSTlmes-News Staff WriterCUMBERLAND — Approximately five miles south of - Cumberland,*•* men W0I'k atA. a trade. ForMm some’lt ma’jyfl be the firsttime they h a v e e v e r held a job.Bidwell belowthe minimum wage, a benefits package is non-existent and there are no comp days.The workers are prison inmates and their factory behind fences is the FederalACCIDENT — Don Morin, -president ofbeen ^ he be^eves heMorin cannot beatand that foe is behind the bars of a federal prison.“It’s a stacked deck,” he says, referring to a federal program that could impact his business in the future.Bob Likens/Times-NewsMark Tonkovich checks the quality tolerance of aluminum extrusion at Garrett Containers in Accident.See — Jail jobs impact — 11A
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