Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR

Thesis:<Tab/> The Federal Prison System is composed of two bureaus of the Department of Justice. Both bureaus operate under the Federal penal system. They are the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI). UNICOR is the trade name for FPI. The trade name UNICOR was derived from "UNI" meaning one and "COR" meaning corporation. The BOP operates correctional institutions which house Federal inmates. UNICOR operates industrial …showed first 75 words of 4708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4708 total…amp;gt;Carolina). This bill would create a commission appointed by the President, United States Senate, and United States House. The commission would be composed of 9 members and would review work opportunities for Federal inmates. Some of the commission's other duties would include examining the current state of FPI, its impact upon the BOP, and the private labor markets. This bill was referred to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on May 12th, 2004.