U.S. Prisoners Build Missile Parts for Raytheon and Lockheed to Sell Abroad

[The Straight Story]

U.S. Prisoners Build Missile Parts for Raytheon and Lockheed to Sell Abroad


Inmates in American prisons have come a long way from the days of making license plates. Nowadays, prisoners are helping build missiles and other sophisticated weapons, and providing dirt-cheap labor in the process.

While earning as little as 23 cents an hour—and no more than $1.15—inmates assemble electronic components for the Patriot missile, which has been used by the U.S. military and sold to allies like Israel, Egypt, Kuwait and Taiwan . The use of prisoners employed by Unicor, a government-owned corporation formerly known as the Federal Prison Industries, saves the makers of the Patriot, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, a lot of money on labor costs.

Unicor inmates also have contributed work to the building of the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15 fighter, the General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin F-16, Bell/Textron’s Cobra helicopter and BAE Systems’ Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Prisoners used to make helmets for the military, until 44,000 of them had to be recalled for shoddy quality.

http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/US_Prisoners_Build_Missile_Parts_for_Raytheon_and_Lockheed_to_Sell_Abroad_110310

[xchrom]

1. ...

:mad:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. How Raytheon stock went up 600%

How Raytheon the missile maker and others made out like bandits
from the foreign policy journal



http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/03/02/black-91...




This was documented

[mod mom]

3. No wonder OH Gov Kasich is so gungho on selling off prisons: $.23 per hour

from yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x594422

[whosinpower]

4. slavery makes a comeback nt

[mod mom]

5. It's the GOP way of bringing back jobs from overseas.

[Historic NY]

6. The NAZI's did that too, prison labor to make munitions...how quaint