The information below reflects wages earned and
deductions paid by Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI) inmate workers during Fiscal Year
97-98. This is a summary of inmate remuneration from the three (3) categories of ACI
programs: Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement Certified Work Programs; ACI Labor
Contract Programs; and ACI Owned-and-Operated Prison Industry Enterprises. Mandated to
operate fiscally self-sufficient, ACI is a non-appropriated division of the Arizona
Department of Corrections with the mission of creating and operating prison industry work
programs. ACI operates as an integral element of the Department's overall inmate work
program endeavor by identifying and establishing prison industry enterprises which combat
idleness and provides inmates with meaningful training and work experience. ACI programs
also provides inmates with a means towards accepting responsibility for the consequences
of their crimes by enabling and/or requiring deductions from their wages for: the costs of
incarceration; restitution and/or contributions to victims compensation funds; assistance
to families and dependents; taxes and, savings for eventual release.
| WAGES
EARNED IN ACI WORK PROGRAMS - BY CATEGORY |
FISCAL
YEAR 1997-98 |
| ACI Prison
Industry Enhancement Programs |
$201,399 |
| ACI Labor
Contracts |
$1,098,157 |
| ACI Owned
and Operated Enterprises |
$910,880 |
| Total
Wages Earned |
$2,210,436 |
DEDUCTIONS
FROM ACI
INMATE WAGES |
FISCAL
YEAR
1997-1998 |
| Costs of
Incarceration (Room and Board) |
$268,824 |
| Victims
Compensation |
$20,143 |
| Family
Support |
$31,075 |
| Taxes |
$32,459 |
| Restitution |
$29,764 |
| Alcohol
Abuse and Treatment Fund |
$43,912 |
| Total
Deductions From Wages |
$426,177 |
Updated on August 05, 1999
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