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Utilizing Inmate Labor Saves County An Estimated $400,000 Each Year
Recently an evaluation was conducted on the work that is conducted each year
using inmate labor inside the Lake County Adult Detention Facilities.
Conservatively speaking over $400,000 (labor + benefits)
is saved each year by using inmate labor rather contract services or hire
additional employees to do the work inmates provide inside the jail facilities.
In 1990 we open the new jail, known as the Lake County Adult
Detention Facility. Upon opening we revised the trustee program, now known as
the Prisoner Worker Program. With this program we determined two main areas
that workers would be needed; Kitchen Prisoner Workers and Floor Prisoner
Workers.
The Kitchen Prisoner Workers work
on two shifts, from 0500-1200 hours and 1200-1830 hours. There are
approximately 12 prisoner workers who are assigned to work in the kitchen; six
workers per shift. There duties are as follows:
·
Maintaining kitchen cleanliness,
to include washing countertops, floors, walls, ceilings, pots/pans, bowls trays,
lights,
ventilation filters, deep fryers,
stoves, ovens, coolers, coffee machine, refrigerators, and freezer.
·
Additional duties include
assisting with meals by sending food carts throughout the facility for inmates
to be fed. The
workers also send coffee,
Kool-Aid, and milk to each floor for the inmates.
·
The workers assist in storing all
food deliveries received each week.
The Floor Prisoner Workers are
designated throughout the facility and assigned multiple tasks. These tasks
include cleaning on each floor, working in the Laundry room, and working in the
car wash bay. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th
floors workers are assigned to work from approximately 0715 hours to 1030 hours
and again from 1200 hours to 1430 hours and are responsible for the following:
·
Washing floors, walls, windows,
door frames, baseboards, heat/cold air return vents, stripping and waxing floors
of the
gymnasium, towers, elevators,
and Booking areas.
·
The workers are assigned to clean
any areas of the jail as assigned by a corrections officer.
·
The floor workers assist the
supervisor of Purchasing/Housekeeping with the receiving all food deliveries for
the jail.
·
The workers are assigned to clean
around the outer perimeter of the facility, picking any and all garbage.
The Laundry Prisoner Workers work
from 0715 hours until 1800 hours seven days a week, with the exception of
Thursdays, in which they work until approximately 1400 hours. Their duties
include the following:
·
Separate, wash, dry, and fold
linen and clothing (uniforms) each day.
·
Preparing linen/clothing daily
for inmates scheduled to receive clean linen. The prisoner workers place a
uniform shirt,
uniform pants, socks, underwear
(sports bra and panties for female inmates), sheet, mattress cover and towel
into
roll for each inmate.
·
The workers insure linen is
available for the 2nd shift workers (Female Workers) to continue
making linen for the
inmates in the facility, as needed.
·
All laundry equipment is
maintained by the prisoner workers each day, to include cleaning of all lint
traps, floor drain for
washers, and insure the equipment is
cleaned daily.
The Car Wash Prisoner
Worker works from 0630 hours to 1030 hours and 1200 hours to 1630 hours
and is responsible for the following:
·
Cleaning of approximately 52
patrol cars; two transport vans, and two SWAT vehicles. This includes vacuuming
the
interior of the vehicles, washing
windows, cleaning of upholstery (when necessary) and waxing of the vehicles.
·
The worker is responsible for
maintaining both sides of the wash bay, insuring the bays are cleaned and
properly
maintained.
Over the last year and a
half we have used prisoner workers to paint inside the Lake County Adult
Detention Facility. By using prisoner workers we have saved taxpayers thousands
of dollars in labor hours and manpower. The workers have completed the
following painting projects:
·
Painted twenty-seven inmate
ranges.
·
Painted three hundred fifty-eight
inmate cells, bed frames, doors, tables and benches.
·
Painted four visiting areas used
for inmate/civilian visiting.
·
Painted two inmate libraries.
·
Painted the Commissary room, and
all storage rooms.
·
Painted the Gymnasium, Kitchen,
Laundry Room, and Car Wash Bay.
·
Painted hallway walls and towers
on each floor.
The Floor Prisoner Workers have
been assigned to additional tasks as follows:
·
Assisting at the Board of
Elections with the movement of voting equipment.
·
Ohio Department of Transportation
cleaning up the freeways at Rt 2 and Rt 44.
·
Worked in Leroy Twp picking up
debris from downed tree limbs caused by storms.
·
Worked with Lake Metroparks
cleaning the beach at Mentor Headlands for the Memorial/July 4th/Labor
Day
weekends.
The facility also utilizes Female Prisoner Workers to assist in the Laundry room and to clean during third shift in the Libraries and Dispensary. There are currently four female workers in the program, two working in the Laundry and two working on the floors.
The Laundry Workers work from 1900 hours until
approximately 0001 hours Friday-Wednesday, with Thursday off. Their duties are
as follows:
·
Separate, wash, dry, and fold
linen and clothing (uniforms) each day.
·
All laundry equipment is
maintained by the prisoner workers each day, to include cleaning of all lint
traps, floor drain for
washers, and insure the equipment is
cleaned daily.
Minimum Security Facility
In the year
2000 the Lake County Sheriff’s Department opened the Minimum Security Facility
on Blasé-Nemeth Rd. This facility holds 76 inmates for work release and after
care programs. Upon opening the facility a Prisoner Worker program was
developed. The program uses anywhere from 4-6 workers to clean inside the
facility. The workers duties include:
·
Serving breakfast, lunch, and
dinner transported and prepared by the cooks at the Maximum Security Facility to
the
inmate population.
·
Maintaining a cleaning the
kitchen.
·
Separate, wash, dry, and fold
linen and clothing (uniforms) each day.
·
Preparing linen/clothing daily
for inmates scheduled to receive clean linen. The prisoner workers place a
uniform shirt,
uniform pants, socks, underwear,
sheet, mattress cover and towel into a roll for each inmate.
·
All laundry equipment is
maintained by the prisoner workers each day, to include cleaning of all lint
traps, floor drain for
washers, and insure the equipment is
cleaned daily
·
Washing floors, walls, windows,
door frames, baseboards, heat/cold air return vents, stripping and waxing floors
of the
jail.
·
The workers are assigned to clean
any areas of the jail as assigned by a corrections officer.
·
The workers assist the officers
with the receiving of deliveries for the Minimum Security Facility.
·
Cleaning of the sidewalks outside
the facility to insure clear access for the civilian population.