Joint Venture Program - CAL PIA/CDCR Company Profile

The Joint Venture Program (JVP) is responsible for implementing the Prison Inmate Labor Initiative, Proposition 139, passed by the voters in 1990. Under its provisions, private businesses can set up operations inside California correctional facilities and hire inmates. This includes only those businesses that are starting a new enterprise, expanding an existing business or relocating within California.

This unique relationship is a cooperative effort of private industry and the state of California benefiting businesses, victims, and the state while preparing inmates for successful reintegration into the community.

Inmates are paid a comparable wage that is then subject to deductions for room and...

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