Federal Prison Industries
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), doing business as UNICOR (stylized as unicor) since 1977, is a wholly owned United States government corporation created in 1934 as a prison labor program for inmates within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and a component of the Department of Justice. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Trade name | UNICOR |
|---|---|
| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
| Industry | Penal labor |
| Founded | June 23, 1934 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. , U.S. |
Key people | David D. Spears, Chairman Donald R. Elliott, Vice Chairman |
| Revenue | $531,453,000 (2019) |
Net income | $61,166,000 (2019) |
| Owner | Federal Bureau of Prisons |
Number of employees | 10,896 (2016) |
| Website | www |
Under US federal law, all physically abled inmates who are not a security risk or have a health exception are required to work, either for UNICOR or at some other prison job. As of 2021, inmates earned between $0.23 to $1.15 per hour.
As a "mandatory source" for federal departments (having priority over all other sources, including JWOD sources from blind or severely disabled persons), FPI receives priority in any purchases of the products that it offers.