Prisoner Jobs at Pendleton Correctional Facility, Indiana

by an Indiana prisoner June 2020 permalink

Prison Population = 1800
Total Jobs 636 (35%)
Manufacturing jobs = 15 (Make picnic tables that the state sells to parks in the state)
Agriculture jobs = 0
Prison Maintenance = 266 (hours & pay varies between 15¢, 20¢, 25¢ an hour)

Other Jobs

Barber shop - 8 workers (25¢ an hour, 33 hours per week)
Officer’s Barber - 2 workers (25¢ an hour, 37.5 hours per week)
Shoe Shine - 2 workers (20¢ an hour, 37.5 hours per week)
Comissary - 4 workers (25¢ an hour, 37.5 hours per week)
ICAN (Indiana Canine Assistance Network) - 29 workers (25¢/hr, 56 hrs per week)
American Legion Clerk - 1 worker (25¢ an hour, 37.5 hours per week)
- Organizes Legion events
Housing unit reps - 6 workers (25¢ an hour, 56 hours per week)
- Speak for the offender population
Laundry - 6 workers (20¢ an hour, 35 hours per week)
Blind Walkers - 2 workers (25¢ an hour, 56 hours a week)
- Lead the blind around.
Recreation workers - 6 (20¢ an hour, 56 hours per week)
Dept. of Labor - 24 students (4 month time cut)
Recovery While Incarcerated - 48 participants (6 month time cut)
Plus Program -39 participants (6 months time cut)
True Self - 38 participants (no time cut, $26.00 a month)
G.E.D. - 36 students (15¢ an hour, 32.hours per week)
Suicide Companions - 60 workers (20¢ an hour, 12 hours per week)
Law Library - 9 workers (25¢ an hour, 47.5 hours per week)
Clothing Issue - 3 workers (25¢ an hour, 37.5 hours per week)
Maintenance Training - 14 students (4 month time cut)
Print Shop - 7 workers (25¢ an hour, 40 hours per week)
Chapel - 1 worker (25¢ an hour, 40 hours per week)
Mentors - 10 workers (25¢ an hour, 60 hours per week).
- Help with mentally ill offenders

Those without jobs have no way to buy hygiene products for themselves unless they have family who sends them money.