Performance Audit of Pennsylvania Correctional Industries of the Department of Corrections, September 2005

October 3, 2005 Performance Audit of Pennsylvania Correctional Industries of the Department of Corrections, September 2005According to information available in July 2005 on the state Department of Corrections' Web site, Pennsylvania Correctional Industries, or PCI, employs 1,640 inmate workers at 18 state prison locations. These workers are paid between 19 cents and 42 cents an hour, plus bonuses of up to 70 cents an hour more, to produce products and provide services for purchase by state agencies, schools and universities, local governments, and other non-profit tax supported groups throughout Pennsylvania. The business also uses a trade name, Big . . .