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Company "Hires" Prisoners to Build Solar Modules

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Company Hires Prison Inmates to Build Solar Modules Written by Ariel Schwartz Published on December 9th, 2008 Posted in solar energy Great news! If you?re sent to the Federal Correctional Institution in Otisville, NY, you may have the opportunity to work in a solar module factory. Spire Corp. announced yesterday that it is putting $55 million towards the construction of a solar module factory at the Otisville prison. Modules produced by the inmates in the turnkey photovoltaic factory will be used in government installations. If Spire?s venture is successful, it may be repeated in other prisons across the country. Spire anticipates complaints from workers rights and environmental groups, but the company hopes that inmates will gain valuable training for solar industry jobs...continue to full post

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